S. 910. Payments to local gov'TS act of 1960. Mundt substitute, proposing that a commission study the problems of communities suffering from the tax-exempt ST

On May 11, 1960, the Senate voted 24–53 (S 910). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–52, Republicans 16–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 24
No: 53
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 11, 1960

By party

Democrats9 yes · 52 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 17 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
John James Williams R-DE voted yes
Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted yes
Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND voted yes
Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR voted yes
James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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