The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 920 SO AS TO REDUCE THE CIVILIAN MANPOWER CEILING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976 AND TRANSITION PERIOD UNTIL SEPT. 30, 1976 BY A TOTAL OF 17,000.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- Congress.gov — official bill page
- Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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.
Every roll call on S. 920
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 15 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
Alaska 1 yes, 1 no
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Cranston (Democrat) — YEA
- John Varick Tunney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Leong Fong (Republican) — NAY
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Harting Percy (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward William Brooke III (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Oliver Eastland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Cornelius Stennis (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Thomas Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roman Lee Hruska (Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Taft Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James George Abourezk (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Goodwin Tower (Republican) — NAY
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Proxmire (Democrat) — YEA
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clifford Peter Hansen (Republican) — NAY
- Gale William McGee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 100 members
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