Senate roll call 282 · 90th Congress · Nov 29, 1967
To amend H.R. 7977, by making the ceiling of pay for Senate top staff assistants co-equal with the ceiling on a comparable position in the executive branch.
On Nov 29, 1967, the Senate voted 27–61 (HR 7977). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–42, Republicans 12–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 27
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Nov 29, 1967
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 42 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
The bill
H.R. 7977: To adjust certain postage rates, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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