To amend S. RES. 228, a resolution authorizing $50,000 for comm. On aeronautical and space sciences, by reducing authorization to $32,000.

On Mar 15, 1968, the Senate voted 11–42 (SRES 228). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–38, Republicans 12–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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: 11
No: 42
Did not vote: 31
Date: Mar 15, 1968

By party

Democrats2 yes · 38 no · 24 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
John James Williams R-DE voted yes
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. RES. 228, a resolution…: Senate Vote, Mar 15, 1968,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/90-S-357/to-amend-s-res-228-a-resolution-authorizing-50 (accessed 2026-10-16).