Senate roll call 511 · 95th Congress · Oct 1, 1977
That the Senate sustain the ruling of the chair that if an amendment is ruled to be out of order, then an appeal from that ruling of the chair is dilatory. The
On Oct 1, 1977, the Senate voted 9–71 (S 2104). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–50, Republicans 8–21, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Oct 1, 1977
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 50 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-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
- 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
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-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
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
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