Senate roll call 1045 · 93rd Congress · Oct 10, 1974
To amend S.3979 by reducing from 9 1/2% to 8 1/4% the ceiling on mortgage interest rates.
On Oct 10, 1974, the Senate voted 48–27 (S 3979). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–4, Republicans 6–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Oct 10, 1974
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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