The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 977 BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF NATURAL GAS OR PETROLEUM AFTER JANUARY 1, 1982 IN ANY EXISTING POWER PLANT OR MAJOR FUEL-BURNING INSTITUTION WITH THE CAPACITY TO BURN COAL.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's senators voted
In 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 37 every one voted no; 10 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alaska 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Browning Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dale Bumpers (Democrat) — NAY
- John Little McClellan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis Webster Deconcini (Democrat) — NAY
California 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Claggett Danforth (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Francis Eagleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — NAY
- Lee Warren Metcalf (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Thomas Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Zorinsky (Democrat) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Koppel Javits (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mark Odom Hatfield (Republican) — NAY
- Robert William Packwood (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hubbard Chafee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NAY
- James George Abourezk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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