Senate roll call 648 · 91st Congress · Dec 22, 1970
To close debate on motion to agree to conference report on H.R. 177558 1971 appropriations bill for the dept. Of transportation and related agencies.
On Dec 22, 1970, the Senate voted 42–44 (HR 17758). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–35, Republicans 31–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 42
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Dec 22, 1970
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 35 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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