Senate roll call 772 · 95th Congress · Apr 26, 1978
To amend S. CON. RES. 80 by decreasing the total budget authority by $2.2 billion and the total outlays by $2.1 billion.
On Apr 26, 1978, the Senate voted 36–59 (SCR 80). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–44, Republicans 18–15, 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
- 36
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Apr 26, 1978
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 44 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. 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
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-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
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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