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Senate recorded vote (91st Congress) · January 28, 1970
S. 3246

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 3246, BY REQUIRING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEW SECRETARY OR THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEFORE RECLASSIFYING A DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.

Amendment
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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 S. 3246

January 27, 1970 · TO TABLE GRIFFIN AMENDMENT TO S. 3246, CONTRO… · 40–44 January 27, 1970 · TO AMEND GRIFFIN AMENDMENT TO S. 3246, SO AS … · 35–50 January 27, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 3246, BY AUTHORIZING "NO-KNOCK" E… · 70–15 January 27, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 3246, BY LIMITING ATTORNEY GENERA… · 42–41 January 27, 1970 · TO TABLE METCALF MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOT… · 38–46 January 27, 1970 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HUGHES AM… · 47–38 January 27, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 3246 BY LIMITING ATTORNEY GENERAL… · 36–46 January 28, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 3246, BY AUTHORIZING THE HEW SECR… · 32–56 January 28, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 3246, SO AS TO REDUCE FURTHER THE… · 24–58 January 28, 1970 · TO PASS S. 3246. · 82–0
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 22 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 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, 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 1 no
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 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.

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

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

California 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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