Senate roll call 1109 · 93rd Congress · Dec 14, 1974
To recommit the conference report on H.R. 15977, a bill to extend for 4 years the life of the import-export bank.
On Dec 14, 1974, the Senate voted 41–43 (HR 15977). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 30–18, Republicans 10–28, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 41
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 14, 1974
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted no
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
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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