Senate roll call 778 · 96th Congress · Jun 28, 1980
To amend H.R. 7542 by eliminating funds for the tennessee tombigbee waterway project. (motion failed) see note(s) 33
On Jun 28, 1980, the Senate voted 36–47 (HR 7542). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–30, Republicans 19–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 36
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jun 28, 1980
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 30 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-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
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- 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
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- 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
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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