To amend H.R. 1 by adopting a committee amendment incorporating in provisions of the bill the work bonus program for low-income workers.

On Sep 30, 1972, the Senate voted 49–5 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–4, Republicans 24–2, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 members 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: 49
No: 5
Did not vote: 38
Date: Sep 30, 1972

By party

Democrats32 yes · 4 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no

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 senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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