Senate roll call 382 · 92nd Congress · Nov 30, 1971
To amend S. 2891 by exempting the press and other media from wage and price control.
On Nov 30, 1971, the Senate voted 45–40 (S 2891). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–11, Republicans 12–27, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 30, 1971
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 27 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Did not vote
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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