Senate roll call 285 · 91st Congress · Feb 18, 1970
To amend H.R. 514 to insure that federal guidelines throughout the U.S.
On Feb 18, 1970, the Senate voted 56–36 (HR 514). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–25, Republicans 27–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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
- 56
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 18, 1970
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- 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
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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