Senate roll call 449 · 90th Congress · May 29, 1968
To amend H.R. 16913, by reducing the funds for administrative expenses of 1969 program of soil building and soil and water conserving practises.
On May 29, 1968, the Senate voted 16–47 (HR 16913). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–39, Republicans 12–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 16
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 29, 1968
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 39 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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