HR 4761. Capehart amend. To strike committee provision for payment of subsidies to increase supply of building materials for construction of veterans' housing.

On Apr 9, 1946, the Senate voted 20–53 (HR 4761). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–40, Republicans 16–19, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 members voted against their own party.

During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 20
No: 53
Did not vote: 13
Date: Apr 9, 1946

By party

Democrats4 yes · 40 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted yes
Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted yes
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
Edward Vivian Robertson R-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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