Senate roll call 760 · 93rd Congress · May 2, 1974
To amend S.3203 by providing for a 60-day cooling off period before a strike against a health care instruction.
On May 2, 1974, the Senate voted 37–49 (S 3203). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–36, Republicans 20–15, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 37
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 2, 1974
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
The bill
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
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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