Senate roll call 650 · 94th Congress · Feb 19, 1976
To amend S.22 by providing that the duration of a copyright be for the life of the author or for 56 years, whichever is longer.
On Feb 19, 1976, the Senate voted 14–78 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–46, Republicans 2–31, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Feb 19, 1976
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 46 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
The bill
S. 22: A bill for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- 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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-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
- 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis 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
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-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
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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