H RES 390. Resolution providing for the consideration of and waiving all points of order against the joint resolution (SJ RES 134) to amend the national housin

On Oct 13, 1949, the House voted 290–34 (HRE 390). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 201–1, Republicans 88–33, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 members voted against their own party.

During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 290
No: 34
Did not vote: 13
Date: Oct 13, 1949

By party

Democrats201 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 33 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA voted no
Helen Gahagan Douglas D-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Robert James Corbett R-PA voted no
James Grove Fulton R-PA voted no
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD voted no
Reid Fred Murray R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI 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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