Senate roll call 43 · 95th Congress · Mar 10, 1977
To agree to an amendment to S. 427, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 11, a bill authorizing funds for public works employment programs. The durkin amendment
On Mar 10, 1977, the Senate voted 62–28 (S 427). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–17, Republicans 24–10, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 62
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 10, 1977
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 17 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
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