Shall the reading of the journal of april 30 be dispensed with?

On May 1, 1975, the House voted 356–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 237–9, Republicans 120–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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: 356
No: 10
Did not vote: 74
Date: May 1, 1975

By party

Republicans120 yes · 1 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats237 yes · 9 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted no
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY voted no
Les Aucoin D-OR voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Walter Flowers D-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
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Sam Steiger R-AZ
John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-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
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
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Tim Lee Hall D-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
John Brademas D-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Gilbert Gude R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
James Grant O'Hara D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland 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
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
William Leonard Hungate D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
John Melcher D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-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
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Henry Helstoski D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Herman Badillo D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
James Fred Hastings R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green D-PA
Joshua Eilberg D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower 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
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
Allan Turner Howe D-UT
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
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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