H CON RES 129. Concurrent resolution providing for the adjournment of the house until sept. 21. Capehart amend. Proposing that both the house and the Senate a

On Aug 24, 1949, the Senate voted 34–48 (HCRE 129). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–35, Republicans 22–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 34
No: 48
Date: Aug 24, 1949

By party

Democrats12 yes · 35 no
Republicans22 yes · 15 no

Who broke with their party

James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
William Langer R-ND voted no
John Foster Dulles R-NY voted no
Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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