To amend H.R. 32010, by adding clause "that the total expenditures under this and the first section shall not exceed in any one fiscal year the sum of $500,000.

On Jan 30, 1911, the House voted 136–141 (HR 32010). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–141, Democrats 127–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 9 members voted against their own party.

During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 136
No: 141
Did not vote: 125
Date: Jan 30, 1911

By party

Democrats127 yes · 0 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 141 no · 72 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Alfred Buckwalter Garner R-PA voted yes
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted yes
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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