To decide a point of order stating that dill's amendment to H.R. 9830, giving $5,000,000 for U.S. --- alaska highway is not authorized by law, and therefore no

On Jun 15, 1934, the Senate voted 49–34 (HR 9830). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–12, Republicans 9–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 49
No: 34
Did not vote: 17
Date: Jun 15, 1934

By party

Democrats40 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
William John Bulow D-SD voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted no
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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