Senate roll call 1043 · 93rd Congress · Oct 9, 1974
To pass S.J.RES. 247, authorizing the President to suspend penalty provisions of the foreign assistance act and the foreign military sales act, if he determines
On Oct 9, 1974, the Senate voted 40–35 (SJR 247). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–30, Republicans 22–7, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Oct 9, 1974
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 30 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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