Senate roll call 363 · 92nd Congress · Nov 23, 1971
To amend H.R. 11731 by setting ceiling on expenses of the CIA, nsa, dia, and military intelligence activities.
On Nov 23, 1971, the Senate voted 31–56 (HR 11731). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–20, Republicans 3–36, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 31
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 23, 1971
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 36 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- 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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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