To amend H.J.RES. 544 by striking the 18 month time limit for the recipients of work relief.

On Jun 15, 1940, the Senate voted 29–42 (HJR 544). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–36, Republicans 10–6, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 29
No: 42
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jun 15, 1940

By party

Democrats19 yes · 36 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
James Michael Slattery D-IL voted yes
Sherman Minton D-IN voted yes
Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted no
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted yes
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY voted yes
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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