Senate roll call 68 · 90th Congress · Apr 18, 1967
To amend H.R. 6950, by extending hospitalization benefits under medicare to 70,000 older citizens who are 65 and not eligible for social security or railroad re
On Apr 18, 1967, the Senate voted 13–69 (HR 6950). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–49, Republicans 6–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 13
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Apr 18, 1967
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 49 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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