H J RES 296. Joint resolution to maintain the status quo in respect of certain employment taxes and social-security benefits pending action by Congress on exte

On Feb 27, 1948, the House voted 275–52 (HJRE 296). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 210–4, Democrats 86–68, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 72 members voted against their own party.

During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 275
No: 52
Did not vote: 19
Date: Feb 27, 1948

By party

Democrats86 yes · 68 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans210 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
George Paul Miller D-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted no
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA voted no
John Albert Carroll D-CO voted no
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William Levi Dawson D-IL voted no
Martin Gorski D-IL voted no
Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Ray John Madden D-IN voted no
Brent Spence D-KY voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted no
George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted no
John Hamlin Folger D-NC voted no
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted no
Georgia Lee Lusk D-NM voted no
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
James Joseph Heffernan D-NY voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY voted no
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Arthur George Klein D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY voted no
Walter Aloysius Lynch D-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted no
William Thomas Byrne D-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
Walter B. Huber D-OH voted no
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH voted no
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Carl Bert Albert D-OK voted no
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA voted no
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
Frank Buchanan D-PA voted no
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI voted no
John Edward Fogarty D-RI voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
Jere Cooper D-TN voted no
Albert Thomas D-TX voted no
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
John Kee D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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