Senate roll call 139 · 93rd Congress · May 17, 1973
To amend S. 1672, so as to provide loans to small business concerns for adjustment assistance as a result of base closings.
On May 17, 1973, the Senate voted 69–11 (S 1672). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–2, Republicans 25–8, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 69
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 17, 1973
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
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