To suspend the rules so that an amendment which included legislation could be offered to H.R. 2481.

On Jun 11, 1943, the Senate voted 36–37 (HR 2481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–19, Republicans 8–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.

During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 36
No: 37
Did not vote: 30
Date: Jun 11, 1943

By party

Democrats27 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
William Langer R-ND voted yes
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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