To amend S. 1861 by giving employees in puerto rico and the virgin islands two 12 1/2 % wage increases over a 2-year period.

On Jul 20, 1972, the Senate voted 32–60 (S 1861). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–42, Republicans 23–18, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 32
No: 60
Did not vote: 10
Date: Jul 20, 1972

By party

Democrats7 yes · 42 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
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
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted yes
Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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