To amend H.R. 2667, by striking a provision for a 20% ad valorem duty on certain types of paper used for blueprints, and for 30% ad valorem duty on sensitized p

On Jan 20, 1930, the Senate voted 30–34 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–18, Democrats 7–17, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 30
No: 34
Did not vote: 43
Date: Jan 20, 1930

By party

Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
William Emerson Brock D-TN voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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