To suspend rules, so that an amendment might be offered to H.R. 13975, a bill making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for

On Jan 12, 1933, the Senate voted 52–26 (HR 13975). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–24, Democrats 35–2, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 52
No: 26
Did not vote: 23
Date: Jan 12, 1933

By party

Democrats35 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
John Thomas R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
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
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR 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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