Senate roll call 1073 · 94th Congress · Aug 3, 1976
To amend H.R. 10612, by reducing from 30% to 20% the tax credit for expenses in insulating existing homes.
On Aug 3, 1976, the Senate voted 17–59 (HR 10612). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–33, Republicans 4–26, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Aug 3, 1976
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 33 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted yes
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
H.R. 10612: A bill to reform the tax laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- William Proxmire D-WI
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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-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
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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