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House recorded vote (86th Congress) · September 8, 1959
H.R. 9015

Recorded vote

HR 9015. REVISED FISCAL 1960 PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATION BILL. PROVIDE 2-1/2 PERCENT CUT IN FUNDS OF VETOED BILL, HR 7509, BUT RETAIN THE 67 PROJECTS NOT IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET. PASSED. NAY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S …

Bill actionBudget & spending
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

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.

The map

How each state's members voted

In 26 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 24 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 3 yes, 6 no
  10. Illinois: 17 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 6 yes, 4 no
  12. Michigan: 8 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 18 yes, 23 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 10 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 4 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  20. Iowa: 7 yes, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 10 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 11 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 23 yes, 7 no
  24. New Jersey: 5 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 6 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 20 yes, 10 no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 4 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 10 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 8 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 6 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 5 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 7 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 6 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 6 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 6 yes, 0 no
  45. Louisiana: 8 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 6 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 9 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 8 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 19 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 8 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.

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 18 yes, 23 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 438 members

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