Senate roll call 140 · 91st Congress · Nov 25, 1969
To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969, to return to the states in the fiscal years 1970 and 1971 for use in the field of elementary and secondary educatio
On Nov 25, 1969, the Senate voted 8–74 (HR 13270). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–39, Republicans 0–39. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Nov 25, 1969
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 39 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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