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Senate recorded vote (90th Congress) · April 17, 1967
H.R. 6950

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY AMENDING TITLE II OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, LOWERING FROM 62 TO 60 THE AGE AT WHICH BENEFITS MAY BE PAID.

AmendmentSocial security & welfare
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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. 6950

March 16, 1967 · TO PASS H.R. 6950, A BILL TO RESTORE THE INVE… · 386–2 April 12, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT ACT… · 76–12 April 12, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY PROVIDING RULES FOR PA… · 29–59 April 13, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY PROVIDING A FINE OF $1… · 89–3 April 13, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY LIMITING THE APPLICATI… · 47–45 April 13, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY REPEALING THE PRESIDEN… · 48–42 April 14, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY PROVIDING A SLIDING SC… · 16–63 April 14, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY ALLOWING TAX CREDITS F… · 53–26 April 14, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY REDUCING EXCISE TAX ON… · 15–53 April 17, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY REDUCING EXCISE TAX ON… · 14–71 April 18, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY INCREASING SCOIAL SECU… · 6–79 April 18, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY EXTENDING HOSPITALIZAT… · 13–69 April 19, 1967 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6950, WHICH REG… · 16–58 April 19, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY REGULATING THE IMPORTA… · 55–19 April 20, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY ADDING A TITLE II, THE… · 46–42 April 25, 1967 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 6950, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO R… · 64–22 April 25, 1967 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6950, WHICH WOU… · 41–43 May 2, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY DELETING SEC. 5, WHICH… · 46–52 May 9, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950, BY PROVIDING THAT "THE PR… · 48–48 May 9, 1967 · TO AMEND H.R. 6950 TO PROVIDE THAT NO FUNDS S… · 93–4 May 9, 1967 · TO PASS H.R. 6950, WHICH RESTORES A 7% INVEST… · 93–1
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 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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