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Senate recorded vote (92nd Congress) · November 10, 1971
S. 2820

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2820, FISCAL 1972 FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID AUTHORIZATIONS, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE RELATING TO MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM INTEREST RATES ON DEVELOPMENT LOANS.

AmendmentForeign affairs
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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.

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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. 2820

November 10, 1971 · TO AMEND S. 2820 BY INCREASING PROPOSED AUTHO… · 33–50 November 10, 1971 · TO AMEND S. 2820 BY EXEMPTING DEVELOPMENT LOA… · 49–35 November 10, 1971 · TO AMEND S. 2820 BY STATING THE SENSE OF CONG… · 39–46 November 10, 1971 · TO PASS S. 2820. · 61–23
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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