Senate roll call 378 · 94th Congress · Sep 3, 1975
To pass H.R. 8121, making appropriations for the departments of state, justice and commerce and the judiciary through sept. 30, 1976.
On Sep 3, 1975, the Senate voted 61–18 (HR 8121). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–4, Republicans 22–12, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 61
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 3, 1975
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 12 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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