Senate roll call 743 · 93rd Congress · Apr 25, 1974
To amend S.354, by providing alternate benefit standard requiring that states must pay total medical expenses of 98% of injured victims eligible to recover such
On Apr 25, 1974, the Senate voted 31–53 (S 354). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–39, Republicans 17–16, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. 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
- 31
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 25, 1974
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 39 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
Other votes
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