Senate roll call 592 · 94th Congress · Dec 15, 1975
To amend H.R. 5559, providing for reciprocal tax exemptions for payments received by canadian railroads for the temporary use of their rolling stock and to exte
On Dec 15, 1975, the Senate voted 48–44 (HR 5559). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–20, Republicans 11–22, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 48
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Dec 15, 1975
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 20 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 22 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-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 William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
Other votes
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