To amend H.R. 2667 by increasing the tariff on transparent celluloid sheets from 45 cents per pound to 50 cents. (p. 4888-1)

On Oct 25, 1929, the Senate voted 30–48 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–20, Democrats 4–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 30
No: 48
Did not vote: 25
Date: Oct 25, 1929

By party

Democrats4 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans30 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
John Benjamin Kendrick D-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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