Senate roll call 746 · 92nd Congress · Aug 4, 1972
To amend H.R. 15692, a bill to liberalize SBA loan programs in order to assist victims of disasters which occurred between january 1, 1971 and june 30, 1973, by
On Aug 4, 1972, the Senate voted 25–58 (HR 15692). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–41, Republicans 20–18, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. 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
- 25
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 4, 1972
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 41 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY 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
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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