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House roll call 645 · 92nd Congress · Oct 17, 1972

To agree to the conference report on H.R. 1, social security amendments of 1972.

On Oct 17, 1972, the House voted 305–1 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 177–0, Republicans 131–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member voted against their own party.

During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes
305
No
1
Did not vote
134
Date
Oct 17, 1972

By party

  • Democrats177 yes · 0 no · 81 didn’t vote
  • Republicans131 yes · 1 no · 53 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

The bill

H.R. 1: To amend the Social Security Act to provide increases in benefits, improve computation methods, and raise the earnings base under the OASDI program, to make improvements in the medicare, medicaid, and maternal and child health programs with emphasis on improvements in their operating effectiveness, to authorize a family assistance plan providing basic benefits to low-income families with children

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the conference report on H.R. 1…: House Vote, Oct 17, 1972,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/92-H-645/to-agree-to-the-conference-report-on-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).

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