To amend H.R. 9830, by appropriating and distributing $400,000,000 for public works.

On Jun 15, 1934, the Senate voted 17–44 (HR 9830). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–33, Republicans 5–15, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 17
No: 44
Did not vote: 36
Date: Jun 15, 1934

By party

Democrats11 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
Richard Louis Murphy D-IA voted yes
James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted yes
Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler 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
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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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