Senate roll call 418 · 94th Congress · Sep 25, 1975
To table the biden amendment to H.R. 8069. (see var. 427.)
On Sep 25, 1975, the Senate voted 35–46 (HR 8069). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–34, Republicans 18–16, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 35
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Sep 25, 1975
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 34 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS 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
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- 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
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- 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
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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