Senate roll call 497 · 90th Congress · Jul 18, 1968
To amend H.R. 17023 by increasing funds for construction of NASA facilities.
On Jul 18, 1968, the Senate voted 42–34 (HR 17023). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–23, Republicans 15–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 42
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jul 18, 1968
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted no
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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