Senate roll call 574 · 92nd Congress · May 1, 1972
To suspend rules for the purpose of considering percy (r, ill) amendment to H.R. 14582, second supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 1972. The percy
On May 1, 1972, the Senate voted 36–31 (HR 14582). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 22–11, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 36
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 1, 1972
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- 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
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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