Senate roll call 112 · 94th Congress · Mar 21, 1975
To pass H.R. 2166.
On Mar 21, 1975, the Senate voted 60–29 (HR 2166). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–11, Republicans 14–19, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Mar 21, 1975
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 19 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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 George Abourezk D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- 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
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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