The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 2974, THE MANPOWER SERVICES ACT, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AT HIS DISCRETION TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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 S. 2974
How each state's senators voted
In 24 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 11 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- 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.
Alaska 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Jones Fannin (Republican) — YEA
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Carlson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Blackwood Pearson (Republican) — YEA
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Vaughn Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Stuart Symington (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — YEA
- Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Norris H. Cotton (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas James McIntyre (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maurine Brown Neuberger (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wayne Lyman Morse (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Willis Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gale William McGee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Milward Lee Simpson (Republican) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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