Senate roll call 355 · 91st Congress · Apr 7, 1970
To amend H.R. 14705 by including migratory laborers under coverage of unemployment compensation.
On Apr 7, 1970, the Senate voted 42–36 (HR 14705). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–14, Republicans 17–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 42
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 7, 1970
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 25 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
The bill
H.R. 14705: To extend and improve the Pederal-State unemployment compensation program
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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