To amend S. 200 by deleting a section exempting labor disputes from intervention by the agency for consumer advocacy.

On May 12, 1975, the Senate voted 36–52 (S 200). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–43, Republicans 23–12, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. 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: 36
No: 52
Did not vote: 10
Date: May 12, 1975

By party

Democrats11 yes · 43 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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