To recommit H.R. 5389 (p.l. 78) to committee on appropriations with instructions to limit the President's authority under section 6 of the bill. H.R. 5389 is t

On May 11, 1933, the House voted 116–255 (HR 5389). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–268, Republicans 110–1, Others 5–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 73rd Congress (1933–1934), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 116
No: 255
Did not vote: 19
Date: May 11, 1933

By party

Democrats15 yes · 268 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans110 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Henry Hoeppel D-CA voted yes
John Harley Burke D-CA voted yes
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted yes
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted yes
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
John Joseph Douglass D-MA voted yes
Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted yes
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted yes
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA voted yes
Francis Bernard Condon D-RI voted yes
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted yes
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
Marion Anthony Zioncheck D-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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