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House roll call 99 · 92nd Congress · Jun 22, 1971

To move to strike out title IV (family assistance title) of H.R. 1.

On Jun 22, 1971, the House voted 187–234 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 104–141, Republicans 83–93. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 187 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
187
No
234
Did not vote
22
Date
Jun 22, 1971

By party

  • Democrats104 yes · 141 no · 13 didn’t vote
  • Republicans83 yes · 93 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

And 107 more.

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 move to strike out title IV (family…: House Vote, Jun 22, 1971,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/92-H-99/to-move-to-strike-out-title-iv-family-assistance (accessed 2026-10-17).