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House recorded vote (93rd Congress) · December 19, 1974
S. 3976

Recorded vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 3976, A BILL TO EXTEND CERTAIN COPYRIGHT LAWS, AND TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL USES OF COPYRIGHTED WORKERS.

Bill actionLabor & wages
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
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. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.

The map

How each state's members voted

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

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

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 27 yes, 5 no, 7 did not vote yes or no

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

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

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

On the record

Every vote, by name — 435 members

Select any member to pull their file.