Senate roll call 933 · 93rd Congress · Aug 7, 1974
To pass H.R. 16027.
On Aug 7, 1974, the Senate voted 69–18 (HR 16027). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–8, Republicans 28–8, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 69
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 7, 1974
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- 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
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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