To amend H.R. 16243, fiscal 1975 appropriations for the defense establishment, by cutting funds for the safeguard ABM system.

On Aug 6, 1974, the House voted 182–219 (HR 16243). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 135–85, Republicans 46–134, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 131 members voted against their own party.

During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 182
No: 219
Did not vote: 41
Date: Aug 6, 1974

By party

Republicans46 yes · 134 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats135 yes · 85 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted no
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted no
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA voted no
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted no
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA voted yes
Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA voted yes
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO voted yes
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
Robert Hampton Steele R-CT voted yes
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted no
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted yes
Wiley Mayne R-IA voted yes
John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
Paul Findley R-IL voted yes
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
David Worth Dennis R-IN voted yes
Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted yes
Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
Frank Albert Stubblefield D-KY voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Paul William Cronin R-MA voted yes
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted no
Gilbert Gude R-MD voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI voted yes
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted yes
James Grant O'Hara D-MI voted no
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
John Matthew Zwach R-MN voted yes
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted no
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Charles Thone R-NE voted yes
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE voted yes
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted yes
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
John Michael Murphy D-NY voted no
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted yes
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY voted yes
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no

And 51 more.

The bill

H.R. 16243: A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Sam Steiger R-AZ
John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Robert Paul Hanrahan R-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Samuel Hollingsworth Young R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
William Herbert Hudnut III R-IN
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
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
James Grant O'Hara D-MI
Robert James Huber R-MI
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
David Thomas Martin R-NE
Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH
John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Joseph James Maraziti R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
Angelo Dominick Roncallo R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Henry P. Smith III R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
James Vincent Stanton D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
James Robert Jones 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
John Haines Ware III R-PA
Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
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
Edward Lunn Young R-SC
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
LaMar Baker R-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-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
Robert Dale Price R-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-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
Dale Milford D-TX
George William Whitehurst R-VA
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
Harold Vernon Froehlich R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 16243, fiscal 1975…: House Vote, Aug 6, 1974,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/93-H-859/to-amend-h-r-16243-fiscal-1975-appropriations-for (accessed 2026-10-17).