Senate roll call 360 · 91st Congress · Apr 7, 1970
To amend S. 3690 by providing a $400 salary increase for all federal employees instead of 6 percent, as provided in bill.
On Apr 7, 1970, the Senate voted 21–64 (S 3690). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–35, Republicans 8–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 7, 1970
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 35 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 35 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- 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
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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