The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS H.R. 5755.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
What was on the floor
Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.
Every roll call on H.R. 5755
How each state's senators voted
In 29 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alben William Barkley (Democrat) — YEA
- Marvel Mills Logan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (Republican) — NAY
- James Couzens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) — YEA
- Thomas David Schall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Anthony McCarran (Democrat) — YEA
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NAY
- James John Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Francis Byrnes (Democrat) — YEA
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William John Bulow (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Porter Hinman Dale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warren Robinson Austin (Republican) — NAY
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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