Senate roll call 664 · 91st Congress · Dec 30, 1970
To pass H.R. 19953, a bill providing financial assistance to certain railroads in order to preserve essential rail services.
On Dec 30, 1970, the Senate voted 47–29 (HR 19953). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–22, Republicans 27–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 32 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
- 47
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 30, 1970
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
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
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- 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
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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