Senate roll call 424 · 94th Congress · Sep 26, 1975
To agree to conference report on H.R. 8121, making appropriations for the depts. Of state, justice and commerce, and the judiciary, for fiscal 1976.
On Sep 26, 1975, the Senate voted 63–7 (HR 8121). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–7, Republicans 27–1, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 63
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Sep 26, 1975
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- 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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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