To amend S. 1861 so as to provide for an increase for employees in the canal zone from $1.60 to $1.70 at the expiration of 1 year.

On Jul 20, 1972, the Senate voted 69–23 (S 1861). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–18, Republicans 36–5, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 69
No: 23
Did not vote: 9
Date: Jul 20, 1972

By party

Democrats32 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans36 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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