Packwood differed with President Richard Nixon on some significant issues. He voted against Nixon's Supreme Court nominees Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell,Kirschmeier, p. 124. as well as Nixon's proposals for the B-1 bomber, submarines capable of carrying the Trident missile and the supersonic transport (SST). He became the first Senate Republican to support Nixon's impeachment. In a White House meeting on November 15, 1973, he told Nixon that the public no longer believed him and no longer trusted the integrity of the administration.
