“I
wanted to confirm some information. I have been told on more than one occasion that
no Republican voted for the Social Security Act in the 1930s or the Medicare
Act under President Lyndon Johnson. Is that correct?” The staff of the Newton
Falls Public Library enjoys answering such straightforward questions.
Typing
the keywords “republicans voted social security 1930s” in a Google search we
found the website for Social Security Online History which includes archival documents. “Final Congressional action on the bill took
place when the Conference Report was passed by voice vote on August 8, 1935 in the
House and on August 9th in the Senate. On August 14, 1935 President Roosevelt
signed the bill into law at a ceremony in the White House Cabinet Room.” Vote
tallies by party are:
v House
Ø Yes – 284 Democrats,
81 Republicans, 1 Farm Labor, 6 Progressive/Other
Ø No – 15 Democrats, 15
Republicans, 2 Farm Labor, 1 Progressive/Other
Ø Not Voting – 20
Democrats, 4 Republicans, 0 Farm Labor, 1 Progressive/Other
Ø Present - – 0
Democrats, 2 Republicans, 0 Farm Labor, 0 Progressive/Other
v Senate
Ø Yes -– 60 Democrats,
16 Republicans, 1 Farm Labor, 0 Progressive/Other
Ø No – 1 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 0 Farm Labor, 0
Progressive/Other
Ø Not Voting – 8
Democrats, 4 Republicans, 0 Farm Labor, 0 Progressive/Other
We
did a similar keyword search for medicare resulting in the appropriate
information also being found at Social Security Online History.
“The reconciled version . . . went to final passage in the House on July 27th
and final passage in the Senate the following day. President Johnson signed the bill into
law at a special ceremony in Independence, Missouri on July 30, 1965.”
Vote tallies by party are:
v House
Ø Yes – 237 Democrats,
70 Republicans
Ø No – 48 Democrats, 68
Republicans
Ø Not Voting – 8 Democrats,
2 Republicans
v Senate
Ø Yes – 57 Democrats,
13 Republicans
Ø No – 7 Democrats, 17
Republicans
ØNot Voting – 4 Democrats, 2 Republicans
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