Senate roll call 481 · 91st Congress · Aug 4, 1970
To adopt conference report on H.R. 14705, a bill to extend and improve the federal state unemployment compensation program.
On Aug 4, 1970, the Senate voted 50–19 (HR 14705). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–15, Republicans 33–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 50
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 4, 1970
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 14705: To extend and improve the Pederal-State unemployment compensation program
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis 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
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-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
- 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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