The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSTAIN THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 521 WAS NOT GERMANE. SEE RC 180. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 29
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's senators voted
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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 1 yes, 1 no
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — NAY
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Forrester Church (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Albertus McClure (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Harting Percy (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas (Democrat) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — NAY
- Max Baucus (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Warren Bradley (Democrat) — NAY
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Martin Jackson (Democrat) — YEA
- Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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