House roll call 376 · 92nd Congress · Mar 28, 1972
To amend H.R. 11896, to empower the EPA to review and veto individual discharge permits issued by the states.
On Mar 28, 1972, the House voted 125–268 (HR 11896). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 86–144, Republicans 39–125. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 125 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 125
- No
- 268
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Mar 28, 1972
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 144 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 125 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA voted yes
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted yes
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted yes
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA voted yes
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT voted yes
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted yes
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL voted yes
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- Ray John Madden D-IN voted yes
- John Brademas D-IN voted yes
- John Edward Roush D-IN voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- David Worth Dennis R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- William Robert Roy D-KS voted yes
- Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted yes
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted yes
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA voted yes
- Louise Day Hicks D-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- James Anthony Burke D-MA voted yes
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted yes
- Gilbert Gude R-MD voted yes
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI voted yes
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted yes
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted yes
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted yes
- William David Ford D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN voted yes
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN voted yes
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN voted yes
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN voted yes
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Arthur Albert Link D-ND voted yes
- James John Howard D-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ voted yes
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted yes
- Seymour Halpern R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted yes
And 45 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
- Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ella Tambussi Grasso D-CT
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Roman Conrad Pucinski D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- David Worth Dennis R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Robert Roy D-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Louise Day Hicks D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- John Matthew Zwach R-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Arthur Albert Link D-ND
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Henry Helstoski D-NJ
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Seymour Halpern R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Frank James Brasco D-NY
- Bertram L. Podell D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- William Fitts Ryan D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- John Goodchild Dow D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Henry P. Smith III R-NY
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D-NY
- William John Keating R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- John Richard Dellenback R-OR
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- William Robert Anderson D-TN
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Nicholas Joseph Begich D-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- H. Allen Smith R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
- John George Schmitz R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Hampton Steele R-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- John Stephen Monagan D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- George Elliott Hagan D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
- Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- John William Davis D-GA
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- John Henry Kyl R-IA
- Wiley Mayne R-IA
- Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- George Washington Collins D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley 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
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Hastings Keith R-MA
- William Oswald Mills R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Peter Nicholas Kyros D-ME
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
- James Harvey R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
- Ancher Nelsen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Hudson Griffin D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Nick Galifianakis D-NC
- Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Charles Thone R-NE
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- David Thomas Martin R-NE
- Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
- Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Carleton James King R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Alexander Pirnie R-NY
- Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
- John Hart Terry R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta 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
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Walter Eugene Powell 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
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- 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
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- George Atlee Goodling R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Owens Tiernan D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Thomas Smithwick Gettys D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- LaMar Baker R-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Earle Cabell D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-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
- 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
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
- Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- James Kee D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Did not vote
- Elizabeth Bullock Andrews D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- William Joseph Scherle R-IA
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
- Cliffard Dale Carlson R-IL
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- John Richard Rarick D-LA
- Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- William Sheldrick Conover II R-PA
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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