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Senate recorded vote (90th Congress) · October 3, 1968
H.R. 18707

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY LIMITING TO $7,108,600,000 FUNDS FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.

Amendment
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. 18707

September 12, 1968 · TO AMEND H.R. 18707, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AP… · 73–268 September 12, 1968 · TO PASS H.R. 18707, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APP… · 333–7 October 2, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707, FISCAL 1969 APPROPRIATI… · 25–45 October 2, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY ELIMINATING FUNDS FOR… · 6–60 October 2, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY BARRING USE OF FUNDS … · 2–65 October 3, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707, BY REDUCING BY 10% THE … · 4–62 October 3, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY BARRING USE OF ANY FU… · 4–64 October 3, 1968 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. MANSFIEL… · 20–46 October 3, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY ESTABLISHING A CELING… · 47–19 October 3, 1968 · TO AMEND H. R. 18707 BY OPENING TO COMPETITIV… · 21–40 October 3, 1968 · TO PASS H. R. 18707. · 55–2 October 11, 1968 · TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 18707,… · 213–6
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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