Senate roll call 560 · 92nd Congress · Apr 20, 1972
To amend H.R. 12931 proposed rural development act of 1972, by striking from the bill title i, proposed rural development financial resources act.
On Apr 20, 1972, the Senate voted 44–32 (HR 12931). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–35, Republicans 34–6, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 44
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 20, 1972
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 12931: To provide for improving the economy and living conditions in rural America
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- 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
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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