To suspend the rules to allow an amendment to H.R. 7462, which would maintain the prevailing wage rule on work-relief projects.

On Aug 4, 1939, the Senate voted 40–31 (HR 7462). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–28, Republicans 11–9, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 members voted against their own party.

During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 40
No: 31
Did not vote: 13
Date: Aug 4, 1939

By party

Democrats36 yes · 28 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
John Elvis Miller D-AR voted no
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted no
Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
William John Bulow D-SD voted no
Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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