Senate roll call 73 · 96th Congress · May 1, 1979
To pass S. 413, the aviation safety and noise abatement act of 1979. (motion passed)
On May 1, 1979, the Senate voted 78–15 (S 413). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–11, Republicans 34–4, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 78
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- May 1, 1979
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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