To table the abourezk (for metzenbaum) amendment #1197 to S. 2104, as modified (see RC 489). Amendment #1197 sets the price ceiling for old natural gas at $0.5

On Oct 1, 1977, the Senate voted 57–22 (S 2104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–20, Republicans 26–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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: 57
No: 22
Did not vote: 25
Date: Oct 1, 1977

By party

Democrats30 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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