To commit S. 3010 to the committee on the judiciary with instructions to delete therfrom title IX establishing a national legal services corporation.

On Jun 29, 1972, the Senate voted 34–56 (S 3010). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–43, Republicans 24–16, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 34
No: 56
Did not vote: 9
Date: Jun 29, 1972

By party

Democrats8 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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