To amend H.R. 6715, by providing that the income tax returns filed with the internal revenue bureau of the government be made open to examination and inspection

On May 2, 1924, the Senate voted 48–27 (HR 6715). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–25, Democrats 32–2, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.

During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 48
No: 27
Did not vote: 26
Date: May 2, 1924

By party

Democrats32 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
John William Harreld R-OK voted yes
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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