Senate roll call 472 · 90th Congress · Jun 25, 1968
To amend a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 16703, by eliminating an item authorizing $17.3 million for army facilities in germany.
On Jun 25, 1968, the Senate voted 18–62 (HR 16703). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–38, Republicans 4–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 18
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jun 25, 1968
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 38 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
H.R. 16703: To authorize certain construction at military installations, and far other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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