To pass H.R. 14932, to amend the regional rail reorganization act of 1973, the railroad revitalization and regulatory reform act of 1976, the rail passenger se

On Sep 27, 1976, the House voted 317–49 (HR 14932). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 227–19, Republicans 92–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 317
No: 49
Did not vote: 73
Date: Sep 27, 1976

By party

Republicans92 yes · 30 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats227 yes · 19 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ voted no
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted no
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
James Abdnor R-SD voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN voted no
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA voted no
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Sam Steiger R-AZ
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
James David Santini D-NV
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Peter A. Peyser R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
James Fred Hastings R-NY
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
John Jarman R-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Allan Turner Howe D-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Mike Mccormack D-WA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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