Senate roll call 305 · 91st Congress · Feb 26, 1970
To amend H.R. 14465 by exempting from user tax the first 8000 pounds on all aircraft.
On Feb 26, 1970, the Senate voted 28–54 (HR 14465). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–40, Republicans 23–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 28
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 26, 1970
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 40 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-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
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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