To amend H.R. 2667 by providing that all the above glass when ground, smoothed, or otherwise obscured, shall be subject to the same rate of duty as plate glass.

On Nov 6, 1929, the Senate voted 36–33 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–31, Democrats 26–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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: 36
No: 33
Did not vote: 39
Date: Nov 6, 1929

By party

Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 31 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye 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 James Blaine R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. 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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