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Senate recorded vote (89th Congress) · September 24, 1965
H.R. 8283

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT TO H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENTS OF 1965.

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. 8283

July 22, 1965 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNI… · 178–227 July 22, 1965 · TO PASS H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY A… · 245–158 August 17, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY … · 40–51 August 17, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 45–45 August 17, 1965 · TO TABLE LONG MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE WHICH… · 44–45 August 17, 1965 · TO AGREE TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE WHI… · 45–45 August 17, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 44–47 August 17, 1965 · TO AGREE TO A MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8283… · 23–67 August 18, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 39–48 August 18, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 30–59 August 18, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 43–44 August 18, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 43–43 August 18, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 42–43 August 19, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 44–48 August 19, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 42–49 August 19, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORTU… · 35–58 August 19, 1965 · TO AMEND H. R, 8283, THE 1965 ECONOMIC OPPORT… · 49–40 August 19, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY … · 41–47 August 19, 1965 · TO PASS H.R. 8283, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY A… · 61–29 September 14, 1965 · TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 828… · 209–180
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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