HR 2013. Langer amend. Excluding machinery, implements, or equipment suitable for use on the farm.

On Apr 9, 1945, the Senate voted 28–47 (HR 2013). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–36, Republicans 20–13, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 28
No: 47
Did not vote: 13
Date: Apr 9, 1945

By party

Democrats8 yes · 36 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
Thomas Charles Hart R-CT voted no
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
George David Aiken R-VT 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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