To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the duty on wool rags from 24 cents to 18 cents per pound, thus conforming with that fixed by the house. (p. 379-1)

On Dec 11, 1929, the Senate voted 46–32 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–11, Democrats 11–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 46
No: 32
Did not vote: 24
Date: Dec 11, 1929

By party

Democrats11 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans40 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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