To amend H.R. 5900 by striking from the bill a provision requiring that a union first receive permission to undertake a job action.

On Nov 19, 1975, the Senate voted 24–68 (HR 5900). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–52, Republicans 19–16, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 24
No: 68
Did not vote: 7
Date: Nov 19, 1975

By party

Democrats5 yes · 52 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
Richard Bernard Stone D-FL 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
John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
William Emerson Brock III 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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