Senate roll call 484 · 95th Congress · Sep 28, 1977
To table metzenbaum amendment #1222 to S. 2104, an amendment redefining "inflation adjustment" to be the ratio of the wholesale price index of industrial commo
On Sep 28, 1977, the Senate voted 61–32 (S 2104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–29, Republicans 32–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 61
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Sep 28, 1977
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 29 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern 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
Did not vote
Other votes
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