To amend S.3000 by requiring quarterly defense department reports to justify contracts above $2500 let without competitive bidding, and authorizing a GAO study

On Jun 7, 1974, the Senate voted 28–30 (S 3000). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–13, Republicans 7–17, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 28
No: 30
Did not vote: 41
Date: Jun 7, 1974

By party

Democrats23 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans7 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S.3000 by requiring quarterly…: Senate Vote, Jun 7, 1974,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/93-S-823/to-amend-s-3000-by-requiring-quarterly-defense-department (accessed 2026-10-17).