HR 3748. Amend the economic cooperation act of 1948.

On Apr 12, 1949, the House voted 355–49 (HR 3748). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 232–12, Republicans 125–38, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 members voted against their own party.

During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 355
No: 49
Did not vote: 13
Date: Apr 12, 1949

By party

Democrats232 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans125 yes · 38 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Cecil Fielding White D-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
John Carfield Sanborn R-ID voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Chauncey William Reed R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
William Kingsland Macy R-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Toby Morris D-OK voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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