The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (95th Congress) · October 25, 1977
S. 1771
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 1771, THE BILL EXTENDING THE BASIC OPERATING AUTHORITY OF THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1981.
Passage
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- Congress.gov — official bill page
- Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The measure itself
What was on the floor
Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.
Same measure, other votes
Every roll call on S. 1771
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 36 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 1 every one voted no; 12 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alaska 2 yes, 0 no
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dale Bumpers (Democrat) — YEA
- John Little McClellan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis Webster Deconcini (Democrat) — YEA
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat) — YEA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Victor Roth Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Blackwood Pearson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Joseph Dole (Republican) — YEA
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Dodd Hathaway (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Paul Griffin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry John Heinz III (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Schultz Schweiker (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James George Abourezk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Theodore Stafford (Republican) — YEA
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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