Senate roll call 669 · 93rd Congress · Mar 21, 1974
To amend S. 1541 by adding language relating to recommendatory reports by a comm. On appropriations on reported bills providing new advance spending authorizati
On Mar 21, 1974, the Senate voted 31–55 (S 1541). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–25, Republicans 7–30, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 31
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 21, 1974
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 25 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 30 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- George David Aiken R-VT
Other votes
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