The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
HR 1984. MC KELLAR MOTION TO SUSPEND PARAGRAPH 4 OF RULE XVI.
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. 1984
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 every one voted no; 10 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hollis Bankhead II (Democrat) — YEA
- John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lister Hill (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — PRESENT
- Sheridan Downey (Democrat) — NAY
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Oscar Andrews (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Claude Denson Pepper (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Glen Hearst Taylor (Democrat) — NAY
- John Thomas (Republican) — PRESENT
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Joseph Ellender (Democrat) — NAY
- John Holmes Overton (Democrat) — PRESENT
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clyde Roark Hoey (Democrat) — NAY
- Josiah William Bailey (Democrat) — PRESENT
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Langer (Republican) — PRESENT
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Atwood Hatch (Democrat) — NAY
- Dennis Chavez (Democrat) — PRESENT
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Graves Scrugham (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Patrick Anthony McCarran (Democrat) — PRESENT
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Michael Mead (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Democrat) — PRESENT
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis John Myers (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph F. Guffey (Democrat) — PRESENT
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Willis Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Harry Flood Byrd (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat) — NAY
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 97 members
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