Senate roll call 429 · 90th Congress · May 22, 1968
To amend S. 917 by eliminating language that would allow a wiretap or bug where crime is "about to be committed." the amendment would confine such use to crime
On May 22, 1968, the Senate voted 18–60 (S 917). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–33, Republicans 3–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 18
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 22, 1968
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 33 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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