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Senate recorded vote (91st Congress) · September 17, 1969
S. 2546

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2546, BY SETTING TROOP LEVEL FOR U.S. ARMED FORCES AT 3,461,000, AND TO REDUCE THAT LEVEL BY THE SAME NUMBER OF TROOPS WHICH ARE WITHDRAWN FROM VIET NAM AFTER JULY 1, 1969.

AmendmentDefense & war
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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 S. 2546

August 6, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, FISCAL 1970 AUTHORIZATIONS … · 11–89 August 6, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY PROVIDING THAT FUNDS CONT… · 50–50 August 6, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY PROVIDING THAT FUNDS AUTH… · 49–51 August 7, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY PERMITTING CONTINUATION O… · 27–70 August 7, 1969 · TO TABLE THE SCHWEIKER AMENDMENT TO S. 2546, … · 44–51 August 7, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY ESTABLISHING BY LAW A RE… · 47–46 August 7, 1969 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 46–45 August 11, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, FISCAL 1970 AUTHORIZATIONS … · 91–0 August 11, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY REDUCING FROM $100 MILLIO… · 94–0 August 12, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, FISCAL 1970 AUTHORIZATIONS … · 49–44 September 9, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY REDUCING BY $533 MILLION… · 23–64 September 9, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY REQUIRING DISCLOSURE FOR … · 90–0 September 12, 1969 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SEN. MONDALE… · 51–34 September 12, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY PROHIBITING EXPENDITURE … · 7–75 September 12, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION CALL… · 84–0 September 16, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY REDUCING FROM $95 MILLIO… · 32–56 September 16, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY PROVIDING THAT NO FUNDS … · 85–0 September 17, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT T… · 86–0 September 17, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY DIRECTING COMPTROLLER-GE… · 85–0 September 18, 1969 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SEN. HARTKE … · 63–23 September 18, 1969 · TO AMEND S. 2546, BY CREATING A 15-MEMBER COM… · 22–63 September 18, 1969 · TO PASS S. 2546. · 81–5 November 6, 1969 · TO ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 2546, FISCAL… · 58–9
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

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

South Dakota 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 2 yes, 0 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 100 members

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