To amend H.R. 11552, providing for immediate implementation of the act under the fec until such time as the administrators are nominated and confirmed.

On Aug 9, 1976, the House voted 223–148 (HR 11552). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 229–39, Republicans 7–122. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 members voted against their own party.

During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 223
No: 148
Did not vote: 44
Date: Aug 9, 1976

By party

Republicans7 yes · 122 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats229 yes · 39 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
John Hans Krebs D-CA voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Felix Edward Hébert 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
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted no
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI voted no
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
James Robert Mann D-SC voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted no

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
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Richard Kelly R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Gilbert Gude R-MD
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
Gene Taylor R-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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
James Grubbs Martin 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
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
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
William Creed Wampler R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

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