Senate roll call 373 · 94th Congress · Jul 31, 1975
To pass S. 2230, a bill authorizing funds for the board for international broadcasting, and to promote improved relations between the U.S. And turkey and to ass
On Jul 31, 1975, the Senate voted 47–46 (S 2230). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–36, Republicans 27–9, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 47
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Jul 31, 1975
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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