Senate roll call 1109 · 94th Congress · Aug 6, 1976
To table the hart (colo.) amendment to H.R. 10612, imposing a graduate tax on cigarettes according to their tar and nicotine content.
On Aug 6, 1976, the Senate voted 60–25 (HR 10612). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–14, Republicans 22–11, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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
- 60
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 6, 1976
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA 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
- 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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