The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (96th Congress) · June 18, 1980
S. 2377
Recorded vote
TO TABLE BYRD MOTION TO RECOMMIT S. 2377 TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. (MOTION PASSED)
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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
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Same measure, other votes
Every roll call on S. 2377
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 22 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — YEA
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis Webster Deconcini (Democrat) — YEA
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas (Democrat) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Levin (Democrat) — NAY
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Cornelius Stennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thad Cochran (Republican) — YEA
Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Max Baucus (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gordon John Humphrey (Republican) — YEA
- John Anthony Durkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Koppel Javits (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
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 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Larry Lee Pressler (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Ralph Sasser (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Proxmire (Democrat) — NAY
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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