Senate roll call 377 · 93rd Congress · Sep 11, 1973
To amend S. 1866, providing base payments under the civil service retirement system similar to the social security system, by provididing a $20 per month increa
On Sep 11, 1973, the Senate voted 70–20 (S 1866). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–3, Republicans 21–16, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 70
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Sep 11, 1973
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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