Senate roll call 1104 · 94th Congress · Aug 6, 1976
To agree to the committee amendment on title xxvii of H.R. 10612. The amendment increases the deduction for capital gains proportionately to the length of own
On Aug 6, 1976, the Senate voted 39–44 (HR 10612). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–37, Republicans 23–7, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 39
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Aug 6, 1976
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 37 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
H.R. 10612: A bill to reform the tax laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- 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
- 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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- 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
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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