Senate roll call 628 · 91st Congress · Dec 8, 1970
To agree to amendment to H.R. 19590, 1971 appropriations bill for the defense establishment, which would have reduced from $30 million to $20 million the limita
On Dec 8, 1970, the Senate voted 44–46 (HR 19590). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–20, Republicans 11–29. 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
- 44
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Dec 8, 1970
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 20 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 29 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
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- 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
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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