Senate roll call 479 · 93rd Congress · Nov 19, 1973
To amend S. 2589 by providing to subject federal lease sales of energy resources to the same nepa requirements as other sections of the bill.
On Nov 19, 1973, the Senate voted 21–64 (S 2589). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–45, Republicans 18–20, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 21
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 19, 1973
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 45 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK 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
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon 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
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-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
- 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
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-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
- William Bart Saxbe 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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