Senate roll call 307 · 92nd Congress · Nov 15, 1971
To amend H.R. 10947 by establishing a formula for allowance of tax credit for expenses of higher education.
On Nov 15, 1971, the Senate voted 56–27 (HR 10947). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–7, Republicans 18–19, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 56
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Nov 15, 1971
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- 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
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford 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
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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