Senate roll call 59 · 92nd Congress · May 21, 1971
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the conference report on H.R. 8190 was adopted.
On May 21, 1971, the Senate voted 24–28 (HR 8190). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–19, Republicans 12–19, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 24
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 21, 1971
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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