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Senate recorded vote (96th Congress) · June 26, 1980

Recorded vote

TO TABLE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 562, PUBLIC DEBT EXTENSION, THAT PROVIDED FOR INDEXING OF INCOME TAX RATES, PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS, AND THE ZERO BRACKET AMOUNT. (MOTION PASSED)

OtherTaxes & tariffs

The question

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

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

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 map

How each state's senators voted

In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 25 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, 1 no
Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
New York: 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
California: 1 yes, 1 no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
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.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 1 yes, 1 no

Alabama 1 yes, 1 no

Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no

Arizona 2 yes, 0 no

California 1 yes, 1 no

Colorado 1 yes, 1 no

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 1 no

Florida 1 yes, 1 no

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

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 1 yes, 1 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 1 yes, 1 no

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

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

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

Maryland 1 yes, 1 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

Montana 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

New York 1 yes, 1 no

Ohio 2 yes, 0 no

Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no

Oregon 0 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Texas 1 yes, 1 no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 1 yes, 1 no

Washington 1 yes, 1 no

Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no

Every vote, by name — 101 members