Senate roll call 1097 · 93rd Congress · Dec 11, 1974
To amend the holt amendment to H.R. 16900 so as to require the department of HEW to make a finding on an original complaint of alleged discrimination in school
On Dec 11, 1974, the Senate voted 30–62 (HR 16900). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–43, Republicans 19–20, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 30
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Dec 11, 1974
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 20 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark 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
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
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