Senate roll call 348 · 94th Congress · Jul 29, 1975
To pass H.R. 5247 the house companion bill to S. 1587, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting the amended text of S. 1587.
On Jul 29, 1975, the Senate voted 65–28 (S 1587). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–11, Republicans 19–17, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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
- 65
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Jul 29, 1975
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 11 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 17 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford 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
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-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
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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