Senate roll call 641 · 91st Congress · Dec 15, 1970
To table williams (del.) amendment barring funds for use to finance U.S. Ground combat troops in israel, as well as in cambodia, to H.R. 19911, supplemental app
On Dec 15, 1970, the Senate voted 60–20 (HR 19911). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–7, Republicans 24–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 60
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 15, 1970
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 19911: To amend the Foreign Assistance-I Act of 1961, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- 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
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya 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
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- 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
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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