Senate roll call 314 · 91st Congress · Feb 28, 1970
To amend H.R. 15931, so as to bar federal funds for student loans for higher education to applicants who have been convicted of any crime involving trespass or
On Feb 28, 1970, the Senate voted 37–38 (HR 15931). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–26, Republicans 19–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 37
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 28, 1970
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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