Senate roll call 455 · 91st Congress · Jul 8, 1970
To adopt modified amendment to H.R. 17923 to increase funds for the food stamp program.
On Jul 8, 1970, the Senate voted 43–28 (HR 17923). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–12, Republicans 16–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 43
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 8, 1970
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 24 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS 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
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- 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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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