Senate roll call 90 · 92nd Congress · Jun 18, 1971
To amend H.R. 6531 by requiring a state of war to be declared by Congress prior to inducting men into the armed forces.
On Jun 18, 1971, the Senate voted 12–58 (HR 6531). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–33, Republicans 3–33, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 18, 1971
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 33 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 33 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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