Senate roll call 1049 · 94th Congress · Jul 30, 1976
To amend H.R. 10612, by deleting section 1508 which allows life insurance companies to consolidate profits and loss from subsidiaries for tax purposes.
On Jul 30, 1976, the Senate voted 34–43 (HR 10612). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–19, Republicans 4–23, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 30, 1976
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
H.R. 10612: A bill to reform the tax laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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