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Senate recorded vote (93rd Congress) · March 6, 1973
SRE69
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S.RES. 69, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND SENATE RULE XXV TO LEAVE TO THE PREROGATIVE OF SENATE COMMITTEES THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ITS BUSINESS MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN OR CLOSED TO PUBLIC, SO AS TO PR…
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In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 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
- Alaska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NAY
- Paul Jones Fannin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
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