Senate roll call 487 · 90th Congress · Jul 11, 1968
To amend H.R. 3400, to amend the federal aviation act so as to authorize aircraft noise abatement regulation, by banning operation of nonmilitary aircraft over
On Jul 11, 1968, the Senate voted 12–55 (HR 3400). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–36, Republicans 5–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 12
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 11, 1968
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 36 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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