To pass H.R. 11552.

On Aug 9, 1976, the House voted 239–147 (HR 11552). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 235–39, Republicans 13–119. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 239
No: 147
Did not vote: 35
Date: Aug 9, 1976

By party

Republicans13 yes · 119 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats235 yes · 39 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Walter Flowers D-AL voted no
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
William Venroe Chappell Jr. 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
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO voted no
William Joseph Randall 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
James David Santini D-NV 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
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
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
Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon 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
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA voted yes

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
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-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
Charles Edward Wiggins 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
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. 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
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Steven Douglas Symms 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
John Thomas Myers 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
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Joseph Randall 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
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Charles Thone R-NE
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
James David Santini D-NV
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
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
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
Thomas Norman Kindness 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
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon 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
William Albert Steiger R-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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