Senate roll call 396 · 93rd Congress · Sep 21, 1973
To amend H.R. 9286 by deleting all authorized funds for development of the a-10 close air support type aircraft.
On Sep 21, 1973, the Senate voted 20–64 (HR 9286). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–33, Republicans 2–30, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 21, 1973
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 33 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 30 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Gaylord Anton Nelson 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
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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