Senate roll call 1059 · 94th Congress · Aug 2, 1976
To confirm that the bellmon amendment (see r.c. 449) to H.R. 14262, making appropriations for the defense establishment for fiscal year 1977, was germane .
On Aug 2, 1976, the Senate voted 48–37 (HR 14262). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–22, Republicans 18–14, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 48
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 2, 1976
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. 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
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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