Senate roll call 842 · 94th Congress · Jun 7, 1976
Upon reconsideration, to table the hruska amendment to the hart substitute amendment to H.R. 8532.
On Jun 7, 1976, the Senate voted 38–44 (HR 8532). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–15, Republicans 4–28, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. 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
- 38
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 7, 1976
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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