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Senate recorded vote (95th Congress) · April 25, 1978
SCR80

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY REDUCING THE TOTAL BUDGET AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN THE BILL FROM $566.1 BILLION TO $540 BILLION.

AmendmentBudget & spending
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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.

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The people

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

The official record
  • 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).
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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on SCR80

April 24, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80, THE FIRST CONCURREN… · 28–48 April 25, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY DECREASING THE BU… · 14–77 April 25, 1978 · TO AGREE TO A MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO S. CON. R… · 21–70 April 25, 1978 · TO RECOMMIT S. CON. RES. 80 TO THE COMMITTEE … · 19–72 April 25, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY REDUCING THE TOTA… · 43–46 April 25, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY REDUCING THE RECO… · 22–65 April 26, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY DECREASING THE TO… · 36–59 April 26, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY REDUCING THE BUDG… · 38–57 April 26, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY INCREASING THE BU… · 21–74 April 26, 1978 · TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 80 BY REDUCING THE BUDG… · 37–53 April 26, 1978 · TO AGREE TO S. CON. RES. 80. · 64–27 May 17, 1978 · TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE HOUS… · 201–198
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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