Senate roll call 394 · 92nd Congress · Dec 1, 1971
To amend cranston amendment to S. 2891 by removing from the exemption provided therein wages paid by the media.
On Dec 1, 1971, the Senate voted 17–71 (S 2891). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–47, Republicans 16–23, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 1, 1971
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 47 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 23 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA 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
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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