To amend H.R. 12445, by allowing the reconstruction finance corporation to spend money to be allocated on the basis of population. (p. 13776-2)

On Jun 23, 1932, the Senate voted 22–55 (HR 12445). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–25, Democrats 5–33, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 72nd Congress (1931–1932), Herbert Hoover was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 22
No: 55
Did not vote: 20
Date: Jun 23, 1932

By party

Democrats5 yes · 33 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 25 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted yes
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
James John Davis R-PA voted yes
Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT 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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