Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Illustrative empty legislative chamber as neutral vote indicators resolve a recorded outcome
Senate recorded vote (95th Congress) · January 27, 1978
S. 1437

Recorded vote

TO TABLE ALLEN AMENDMENT #1138 TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 14) TO S. 1437. AMENDMENT #1138 STATES THAT A PERSON ACCUSED OF DISSEMINATING OBSCENE MATERIALS HAS A DEFENSE IF THE DISSEMINATION OF THAT MATE…

Bill actionDefense & war
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
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. 1437

January 23, 1978 · TO TABLE THE HART AMENDMENT TO S. 1437, THE B… · 70–13 January 24, 1978 · TO TABLE THE SCOTT AMENDMENT #1660 TO S. 1437… · 83–9 January 24, 1978 · TO TABLE SCOTT AMENDMENT #1659 TO S. 1437. A… · 82–8 January 25, 1978 · TO TABLE THE DOLE AMENDMENT #1104 (SEE RC 5) … · 44–44 January 25, 1978 · TO AMEND S. 1437 BY ALLOWING STATE AND LOCAL … · 49–41 January 25, 1978 · TO TABLE DOLE AMENDMENT #1105 TO S. 1437. AM… · 29–62 January 25, 1978 · TO TABLE SCOTT AMENDMENT #1115 TO S. 1437. A… · 65–24 January 26, 1978 · TO AMEND S. 1437 BY INCORPORATING THE TEXT OF… · 88–0 January 26, 1978 · TO TABLE THE MATHIAS AMENDMENT TO S. 1437. T… · 61–26 January 26, 1978 · TO TABLE SEVERAL COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS (SEE RC… · 38–49 January 26, 1978 · TO AGREE TO SEVERAL COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO S… · 48–40 January 27, 1978 · TO TABLE A COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO S. 1437 THA… · 20–53 January 27, 1978 · TO AMEND THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 14) … · 74–0 January 27, 1978 · TO AGREE TO THE MODIFIED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT … · 59–14 January 30, 1978 · TO TABLE ALLEN AMENDMENT #1151 TO S. 1437, AN… · 75–20 January 30, 1978 · TO AMEND S. 1437 BY ADDING A NEW TITLE OF TEC… · 82–4 January 30, 1978 · TO PASS S. 1437. · 72–15
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 25 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 9 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
  1. Alaska: 2 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. 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.

Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no

Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 100 members

Select any member to pull their file.