To amend H.R. 2667 by authorizing a reduction of tariff rate on spring clothes pins from 20 cents to 10 cents per gross. (p. 5544-1)

On Nov 14, 1929, the Senate voted 39–37 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–33, Democrats 27–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 39
No: 37
Did not vote: 33
Date: Nov 14, 1929

By party

Democrats27 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
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
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
John Benjamin Kendrick D-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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