Senate roll call 516 · 95th Congress · Oct 3, 1977
To table the abourezk appeal from the ruling of the chair that under cloture, amendments which are out of order on their face can be ruled out of order by the
On Oct 3, 1977, the Senate voted 79–14 (S 2104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–14, Republicans 37–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 79
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Oct 3, 1977
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO 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 Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD 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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- 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
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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