Senate roll call 63 · 90th Congress · Apr 14, 1967
To amend H.R. 6950, by reducing excise tax on telephones from 10% to 3%, until april 1, 1968, at which time excise tax is scheduled to reduce to 1%.
On Apr 14, 1967, the Senate voted 15–53 (HR 6950). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–35, Republicans 5–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 90th Congress (1967–1968), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 14, 1967
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 35 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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