Senate roll call 931 · 96th Congress · Sep 18, 1980
To amend H.R. 7831, transportation appropriations, establishing a system for scheduling and reporting outlays. (motion passed)
On Sep 18, 1980, the Senate voted 63–17 (HR 7831). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–17, Republicans 34–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 63
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Sep 18, 1980
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- 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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Did not vote
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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