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Senate recorded vote (91st Congress) · January 29, 1970
S. 1520

Recorded vote

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECOMMIT S. 1520, FAILING NEWSPAPER ACT, A BILL EXEMPTING FROM ANTITRUST LAWS CERTAIN ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURVIVAL OF FAILING NEWSPAPERS.

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 S. 1520

January 29, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 1520 TO PROVIDE THAT BILL WOULD H… · 62–20 January 30, 1970 · TO TABLE MCINTYRE AMENDMENT TO S. 1520, THE A… · 63–13 January 30, 1970 · TO AMEND S. 1520 BY CLARIFYING TERM "FAILING … · 16–61 January 30, 1970 · TO PASS S. 1520. · 64–13
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 32 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 15 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 2 yes, 0 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

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

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

Vermont 1 yes, 0 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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