To amend H.R. 13520, by adding at the end of each amendment thereto the words "but in no event shall any employee whose salary does not exceed $2,000 a year be

On Feb 1, 1933, the Senate voted 20–47 (HR 13520). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–25, Democrats 10–22, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 20
No: 47
Did not vote: 35
Date: Feb 1, 1933

By party

Democrats10 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV 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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