Senate roll call 311 · 92nd Congress · Nov 16, 1971
To amend H.R. 10947 by deleting provision that 7-percent of taxes on alcoholic beverages shall be deposited in the highway trust fund.
On Nov 16, 1971, the Senate voted 43–46 (HR 10947). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–33, Republicans 24–14, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 43
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Nov 16, 1971
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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