Senate roll call 595 · 90th Congress · Oct 10, 1968
To amend H. R. 20300, by exempting the department of health, education and welfare for grants to states for public assistance up to $750 million from the revenu
On Oct 10, 1968, the Senate voted 30–27 (HR 20300). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–7, Republicans 8–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 30
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Oct 10, 1968
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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