To amend H.R. 2667, by increasing the duty on lard from 3 to 4 cents per pound. (p. 3980-1)

On Feb 20, 1930, the Senate voted 23–53 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–27, Democrats 4–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 23
No: 53
Did not vote: 33
Date: Feb 20, 1930

By party

Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 27 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
John Thomas R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY 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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