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Senate recorded vote (87th Congress) · July 29, 1961
H.R. 7445

Recorded vote

HR 7445. FISCAL 1962 INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL. ANDERSON MOTION TO TABLE PROXMIRE AMENDMENT CUTTING BILL BY $50 MILLION. ADOPTED. NAY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S POSITION.

ProceduralBudget & 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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 7445

July 29, 1961 · HR 7445. FISCAL 1962 INDEPENDENT OFFICES APP… · 35–35 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 26–63 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 32–55 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 40–47 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 54–33 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 67–19 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 17–68 July 31, 1961 · HR 7445. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION B… · 23–60
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.