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House recorded vote (92nd Congress) · March 20, 1972
H.R. 8395

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 8395, A BILL TO EXTEND AND REVISE THE AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO STATES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES AND TO AUTHORIZE GRANTS FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES TO THOSE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES.

Passage
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. 8395

September 26, 1972 · TO PASS H.R. 8395, A BILL EXTENDING PROGRAMS … · 70–0
The map

How each state's members voted

In 48 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 0 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

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

California 30 yes, 0 no, 8 did not vote yes or no

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

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

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

New York 28 yes, 0 no, 13 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

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