Senate roll call 517 · 93rd Congress · Nov 29, 1973
To amend H.R. 3153, by requiring states to disregard the federal s s i and social security benefit increases for purposes of determining the amount of state sup
On Nov 29, 1973, the Senate voted 49–34 (HR 3153). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–12, Republicans 16–20, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 49
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Nov 29, 1973
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
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