Senate roll call 1061 · 93rd Congress · Nov 20, 1974
To amend H.R. 16900 by calling for $5.7 million for purpose of alcohol and drug abuse education.
On Nov 20, 1974, the Senate voted 42–45 (HR 16900). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–22, Republicans 15–22, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 42
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 20, 1974
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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