To amend H.R. 2667, by striking out paragraph 208 as amended and inserting in lieu, a new rate of duty on mica. (p. 5267-2)

On Mar 14, 1930, the Senate voted 36–32 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–17, Democrats 10–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 36
No: 32
Did not vote: 39
Date: Mar 14, 1930

By party

Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans28 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT 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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