Senate roll call 665 · 91st Congress · Dec 30, 1970
To adopt conference report on H.R. 13000, federal salary comparability act of 1970.
On Dec 30, 1970, the Senate voted 40–35 (HR 13000). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–18, Republicans 17–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 40
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 30, 1970
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 20 no · 7 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell 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
- 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
- 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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