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Senate recorded vote (89th Congress) · June 29, 1965
H.R. 8147

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8147, A BILL FOR EXEMPTION FROM DUTY FOR RETURNING RESIDENTS, TO REDUCE THE EXEMPTION FROM $100 TO $50 (RETAIL VALUE).

Bill action
01
The question

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

02
The tally

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

03
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. 8147

June 29, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8147, THE DUTY EXEMPTION BILL, … · 39–51 June 29, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8147, THE DUTY EXEMPTION BILL, … · 18–70 June 29, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8147, THE DUTY EXEMPTION BILL, … · 33–53 June 29, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8147, THE DUTY EXEMPTION BILL, … · 40–45
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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