To amend H.R. 17548 so as to reduce funds for NASA research and development and for construction of facilities.

On Jul 7, 1970, the Senate voted 35–38 (HR 17548). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 30–20, Republicans 10–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 35
No: 38
Did not vote: 15
Date: Jul 7, 1970

By party

Democrats30 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
John James Williams R-DE voted yes
Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA 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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