Senate roll call 415 · 93rd Congress · Sep 27, 1973
To amend H.R. 9286 by deleting provision of the bill relating to the funding of military assistance to south vietnam and laos.
On Sep 27, 1973, the Senate voted 43–51 (HR 9286). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–19, Republicans 9–30, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. 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), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Sep 27, 1973
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 19 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Jennings Randolph 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 William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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