Senate roll call 986 · 93rd Congress · Sep 18, 1974
To table an amendment offered by sen. Bartlett relating to confidentiality of proprietary data.
On Sep 18, 1974, the Senate voted 68–17 (S 3221). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–1, Republicans 19–15, 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), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 68
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 18, 1974
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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