Senate roll call 149 · 91st Congress · Dec 4, 1969
To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969, to provide that the percentage depletion rate for oil and gas wells be limited to minerals produced in the united s
On Dec 4, 1969, the Senate voted 25–68 (HR 13270). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–31, Republicans 2–40. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Dec 4, 1969
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 31 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 40 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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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