HR 4908. Pepper amend. Providing for health and welfare fund for benefit of employees, their families and dependents.

On May 22, 1946, the Senate voted 12–40 (HR 4908). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–22, Republicans 0–26, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 members voted against their own party.

During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 12
No: 40
Did not vote: 13
Date: May 22, 1946

By party

Democrats17 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted yes
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA voted yes
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes

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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