To amend H.R. 28180, by appropriating $5,000,000 annually from july 1913, to opening of the panama canal to regulate the control and flow of navigable rivers in

On Feb 20, 1913, the Senate voted 46–16 (HR 28180). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–6, Democrats 17–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 62nd Congress (1911–1912), William Howard Taft was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 46
No: 16
Did not vote: 46
Date: Feb 20, 1913

By party

Democrats17 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans30 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL voted no
Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
Nathan Philemon Bryan D-FL voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
John Randolph Thornton D-LA voted no
Charles Fletcher Johnson D-ME voted no
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
Albert Bacon Fall R-NM voted no
James Aloysius O'Gorman D-NY voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Clarence Don Clark R-WY 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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