Senate roll call 754 · 93rd Congress · May 1, 1974
To table part i of muskie amendment to S.2986, continuing the President's authority for standby price and wage controls.
On May 1, 1974, the Senate voted 56–32 (S 2986). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–30, Republicans 33–4, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 56
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- May 1, 1974
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 30 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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 William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- 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
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
Other votes
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