To amend S. 355, by deleting the language which allows comittees to sit while Senate is in session with permission of majority and minority leaders.

On Feb 7, 1967, the Senate voted 33–47 (S 355). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–39, Republicans 22–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 90th Congress (1967–1968), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 33
No: 47
Did not vote: 18
Date: Feb 7, 1967

By party

Democrats12 yes · 39 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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