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Senate recorded vote (92nd Congress) · April 12, 1972
S. 2956

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2956 TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO THE INTERESTS OF THE U.S.

Amendment
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. 2956

April 6, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956, A BILL TO GOVERN THE USE OF… · 59–0 April 6, 1972 · TO TABLE S. 2956. · 13–58 April 11, 1972 · TO REFER S. 2956, WAR POWERS BILL, TO COMMITT… · 26–60 April 11, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956, BY MAKING PROVISIONS APPLIC… · 11–74 April 11, 1972 · TO TABLE MODIFIED GRAVEL (D, ALASKA) AMENDMEN… · 78–7 April 11, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 TO AVOID ANY IMPLICATION THA… · 28–56 April 12, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 BY CALLING FOR ESTABLISHMENT… · 23–56 April 12, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 TO PROVIDE THAT THE CONGRESS… · 22–56 April 12, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 TO PROVIDE FOR SUBSTITUTE LA… · 10–68 April 12, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN T… · 24–53 April 12, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION CALL… · 19–57 April 13, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 BY EMPOWERING PRESIDENT TO T… · 37–45 April 13, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2956 TO RESTORE CONGRESSIONAL CON… · 27–55 April 13, 1972 · TO PASS S. 2956, THE WAR POWERS ACT. · 68–16 August 14, 1972 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 2956, A BILL… · 345–13
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

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

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

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 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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