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Senate recorded vote (92nd Congress) · August 1, 1972
H.R. 15495

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 15495 BY PROVIDING FOR TERMINATION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT ON DECEMBER 31, 1972 INSTEAD OF JULY 1, 1973.

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.

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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 H.R. 15495

June 27, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE APPR… · 116–258 June 27, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 BY DELETING $445 MILLION … · 94–279 June 27, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE BUI… · 128–261 June 27, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 SO AS TO TERMINATE FUNDS … · 152–244 June 27, 1972 · TO PASS H.R. 15495. · 334–59 July 26, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS… · 29–60 July 27, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 SO AS TO DELETE FROM THE … · 39–47 July 31, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 BY EXTENDING UNTIL DECEMB… · 76–9 August 1, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 BY LIMITING TO $77,630,00… · 33–59 August 1, 1972 · TO TABLE HARTKE (D, IND) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 15… · 17–71 August 1, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 WITH HARTKE AMENDMENT. (… · 82–4 August 2, 1972 · TO AMEND BROOKE (R, MASS) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1… · 50–47 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE BROOKE (R, MASS) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1… · 46–51 August 2, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 WITH BROOKE AMENDMENT. (… · 49–47 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH B… · 49–47 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE CRANSTON (D, CAL) AMENDMENT TO H.R. … · 46–50 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH A… · 52–45 August 2, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 WITH CRANSTON AMENDMENT, … · 50–47 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH C… · 51–46 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE DOLE (R, KAN) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1549… · 59–38 August 2, 1972 · TO TABLE MILLER (R, IOWA) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1… · 1–96 August 2, 1972 · TO AMEND H.R. 15495 WITH MILLER AMENDMENT. (… · 95–2 August 2, 1972 · TO PASS H.R. 15495. · 92–5 September 13, 1972 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 154… · 335–44 September 15, 1972 · TO AGREE TO A CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 15495… · 73–5
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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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