Senate roll call 1094 · 95th Congress · Oct 7, 1978
To table glenn amendment #3681 to muskie amendment #3678 to H.R. 13511. The glenn "sunset" amendment requires that all tax expenditure provisions of the law mu
On Oct 7, 1978, the Senate voted 38–45 (HR 13511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–37, Republicans 22–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Oct 7, 1978
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 37 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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