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Vote Data for S210 (96th Congress)


Date: April 9, 1979

Subject: Voluntary School Prayer

Description: Byrd (D-WV) motion to table (kill) the Helms (R-NC) amendment, to remove from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or other federal courts any state laws or regulations relating to voluntary prayer in public schools or public buildings. The Helms amendment would have precluded federal interference in state lawmaking procedures relative to voluntary prayer.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to, 53-40

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Voted in Favor:

Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Howard Cannon (D-NV)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
John Culver (D-IA)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
John Durkin (D-NH)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Mike Gravel (D-AK)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Walter Huddleston (D-KY)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Henry Jackson (D-WA)  
Jacob Javits (R-NY)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Charles Mathias (R-MD)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
George McGovern (D-SD)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Edmund Muskie (D-ME)  
Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
Charles Percy (R-IL)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
Jennings Randolph (D-WV)  
Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)  
Richard Stone (D-FL)  
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  
Harrison Williams (D-NJ)  

Voted Against:

William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Howard Baker, Jr. (R-TN)  
Henry Bellmon (R-OK)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Harry Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)  
Frank Church (D-ID)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Sam Hayakawa (R-CA)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Roger Jepsen (R-IA)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Warren Magnuson (D-WA)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Robert Morgan (D-NC)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Jack Schmitt (R-NM)  
Richard Schweiker (R-PA)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Donald Stewart (D-AL)  
Herman Talmadge (D-GA)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Milton Young (R-ND)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Did Not Vote:

Birch Bayh (D-IN)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
John Tower (R-TX)  

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