To amend H.R. 3735, by prohibiting the use of the funds provided under the bill for the rehabilitation programs carried on by the farm security administration.

On Apr 3, 1941, the Senate voted 22–31 (HR 3735). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–19, Republicans 3–12, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 77th Congress (1941–1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 22
No: 31
Did not vote: 47
Date: Apr 3, 1941

By party

Democrats20 yes · 19 no · 33 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
James Hurd Hughes D-DE voted no
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
William Howell Smathers D-NJ voted no
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK voted no
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted no
Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY 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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