House roll call 396 · 91st Congress · Dec 8, 1970
To table a motion to instruct house conferees to agree to Senate amendment to H.R. 17755, 1971 appropriations for the department of transportation, to strike ou
On Dec 8, 1970, the House voted 213–174 (HR 17755). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–119, Republicans 110–66. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 181 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 213
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Dec 8, 1970
By party
- Republicans110 yes · 66 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats115 yes · 119 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- Sam Steiger R-AZ voted no
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted yes
- George Paul Miller D-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted yes
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted yes
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted yes
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO voted no
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT voted yes
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT voted no
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA voted yes
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
- John Henry Kyl R-IA voted no
- Wiley Mayne R-IA voted no
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL voted yes
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL voted yes
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
- Paul Findley R-IL voted no
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL voted yes
- George Edward Shipley D-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN voted no
- David Worth Dennis R-IN voted no
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- John Clarence Watts D-KY voted yes
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- John Richard Rarick D-LA voted yes
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted yes
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA voted yes
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD voted yes
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD voted yes
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted no
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD voted yes
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted no
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI voted no
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted no
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI voted no
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted no
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI voted no
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted no
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN voted no
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN voted no
And 101 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- Emilio Quincy Daddario D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Meskill R-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- William Thomas Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Chester Louis Mize R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- William Owen Cowger R-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Thomas Savig Kleppe R-ND
- Robert Vernon Denney R-NE
- Glenn Clarence Cunningham R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edgar Franklin Foreman R-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
- Wendell Wyatt R-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
- John Haines Ware III R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Irving Whalley R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- Albert William Watson R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Robert Dale Price R-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Laurence Junior Burton R-UT
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- John Otho Marsh Jr. D-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Catherine Dean May R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Henry Carl Schadeberg R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- James Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Jeffery Cohelan D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- John William Davis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- George Washington Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Allard Kenneth Lowenstein D-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Leonard Farbstein D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Jacob H. Gilbert D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Richard Dean Mccarthy D-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Benjamin Reifel R-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- George Herbert Walker Bush R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- John Schiller Wold R-WY
Did not vote
- Howard Wallace Pollock R-AK
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Edwin Reinecke R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- William Leon St. Onge D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Daniel John Ronan D-IL
- Donald Henry Rumsfeld R-IL
- Richard Lowell Roudebush R-IN
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- James Harvey R-MI
- Clark Macgregor R-MN
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Arnold Olsen D-MT
- James Franklin Battin R-MT
- William Thomas Cahill R-NJ
- Charles Samuel Joelson D-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Martin Boswell Mckneally R-NY
- Daniel Evan Button R-NY
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- George Robert Watkins R-PA
- Robert Ashton Everett D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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