To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969, by reducing by approximately 25 per cent depletion allowances for all hard minerals.

On Dec 1, 1969, the Senate voted 25–64 (HR 13207). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–37, Republicans 9–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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: 25
No: 64
Did not vote: 8
Date: Dec 1, 1969

By party

Democrats17 yes · 37 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 31 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
John James Williams R-DE voted yes
Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted yes
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
William Proxmire D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969…: Senate Vote, Dec 1, 1969,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/91-S-143/to-amend-h-r-13270-tax-reform-act-of (accessed 2026-10-17).