S. 2786. Amend. To limit U.S. Loan to $25 million plus an amount equal to half the sum of loans made by other nations.

On Apr 5, 1962, the Senate voted 24–67 (S 2786). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–56, Republicans 19–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 24
No: 67
Did not vote: 5
Date: Apr 5, 1962

By party

Democrats8 yes · 56 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
James Glenn Beall R-MD voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Alexander Wiley R-WI 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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