Senate roll call 506 · 92nd Congress · Mar 7, 1972
To amend (as amend by spong (d, VA) substitute) H.R. 12910. (see RC 89, 90)
On Mar 7, 1972, the Senate voted 53–30 (HR 12910). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–19, Republicans 30–12, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 53
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 7, 1972
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 12910: To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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