Senate roll call 306 · 91st Congress · Feb 26, 1970
To amend H.R. 14465 by eliminating taxation on transportation financed by states or local governments.
On Feb 26, 1970, the Senate voted 25–53 (HR 14465). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–35, Republicans 19–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 31 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
- 53
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 26, 1970
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 35 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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