To amend S. 3246, so as to reduce further the penalties for possession or distribution of marijuana.

On Jan 28, 1970, the Senate voted 24–58 (S 3246). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–27, Republicans 3–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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: 24
No: 58
Did not vote: 15
Date: Jan 28, 1970

By party

Democrats22 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 35 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff 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
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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