Senate roll call 492 · 91st Congress · Aug 24, 1970
To agree to amendment to strike $401,400 for the subversive activities control board from H.R. 17575, fiscal 1971 appropriations for the departments of state, j
On Aug 24, 1970, the Senate voted 28–44 (HR 17575). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–26, Republicans 11–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 28
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Aug 24, 1970
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 26 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- 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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
Other votes
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