Senate roll call 709 · 94th Congress · Mar 25, 1976
To agree to an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the beall amendment to S. 3015 (see RC 99). The bumper's amendment requires that civil supersonic air
On Mar 25, 1976, the Senate voted 29–49 (S 3015). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–25, Republicans 6–28, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 30 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
- 29
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 25, 1976
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
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