Senate roll call 1082 · 94th Congress · Aug 4, 1976
To table the curtis amendment to H.R. 10612. The curtis amendment allows a deduction of the lesser of $1,500 or 15% of personal service income per year for co
On Aug 4, 1976, the Senate voted 57–31 (HR 10612). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–5, Republicans 9–24, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Aug 4, 1976
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
H.R. 10612: A bill to reform the tax laws of the United States.
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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart 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
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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