Senate roll call 456 · 91st Congress · Jul 8, 1970
To amend H.R. 17923 so as to bar funds for use in carrying out price support program for tobacco.
On Jul 8, 1970, the Senate voted 15–52 (HR 17923). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–34, Republicans 11–27. 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
- 15
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 8, 1970
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 34 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 27 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- 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
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- 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
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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