Senate roll call 243 · 91st Congress · Dec 20, 1969
To instruct conferees on H.R. 15149, to insist that the level of appropriations not exceed that authorized by law for fiscal 1970, and that no earmarking of fun
On Dec 20, 1969, the Senate voted 48–22 (HR 15149). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–9, Republicans 17–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 48
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 20, 1969
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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