Senate roll call 737 · 92nd Congress · Aug 2, 1972
To table dole (r, kan) amendment to H.R. 15495. Dole amendment provides that the Congress assume full responsibility for the consequences of the policy establi
On Aug 2, 1972, the Senate voted 59–38 (HR 15495). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–2, Republicans 8–35, Others 0–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 59
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Aug 2, 1972
By party
- Democrats51 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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