Senate roll call 7 · 94th Congress · Feb 5, 1975
To amend H.R. 1589, a bill to prohibit increases in the cost of coupons to food stamp recipients until dec. 30, 1975, by directing SEC'y of agri. To make a stud
On Feb 5, 1975, the Senate voted 34–51 (HR 1589). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–43, Republicans 24–10, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 34
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 5, 1975
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 43 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA 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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- 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
- 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
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- 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
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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