Senate roll call 586 · 96th Congress · Apr 15, 1980
To pass S. 2445, streamling regulations for the motor carrier industry by reducing procedural barriers for entering the industry, providing greater freedom to s
On Apr 15, 1980, the Senate voted 70–20 (S 2445). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–18, Republicans 37–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 96th Congress (1979–1980), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Apr 15, 1980
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum 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
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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