S 3304. Taft amend to reduce by $500,000,000 the authorized appropriations.

On May 5, 1950, the Senate voted 40–40 (S 3304). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–40, Republicans 33–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 40
No: 40
Date: May 5, 1950

By party

Democrats14 yes · 40 no
Republicans33 yes · 8 no

Who broke with their party

John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT 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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