Senate roll call 1108 · 93rd Congress · Dec 14, 1974
To close further debate on the conference report on H.R. 15977, a bill to extend for 4 years the life of the importexport bank.
On Dec 14, 1974, the Senate voted 49–35 (HR 15977). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–25, Republicans 28–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 49
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 14, 1974
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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