To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the duty rate on ethylene glycol, from 6 cents per pound and 30 % ad valorem, to 6 cents per pound and 20% ad valorem. (p. 3083

On Feb 5, 1930, the Senate voted 32–43 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–40, Democrats 23–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 32
No: 43
Did not vote: 29
Date: Feb 5, 1930

By party

Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 40 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
William Emerson Brock D-TN voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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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