House roll call 1250 · 94th Congress · Sep 28, 1976
To agree to an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the committee amendment to H.R. 15. The bennett amendment uses the number of contacts within a repo
On Sep 28, 1976, the House voted 74–291 (HR 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 46–213, Republicans 38–88. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 84 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
- 74
- No
- 291
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Sep 28, 1976
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 88 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 213 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Kelly R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted yes
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted yes
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS voted yes
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- David Conner Treen R-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted yes
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted yes
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Daniel John Flood D-PA voted yes
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted yes
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA voted yes
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted yes
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted yes
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley 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
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
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
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-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
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson 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
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory 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
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Philip Harold Hayes D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland 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
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. 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
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Charles Thone 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
- James David Santini D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-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
- Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- John William Stanton 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
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Allan Turner Howe D-UT
- 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
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-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
- Thomas Stephen Foley 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
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- James Fred Hastings R-NY
- Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman R-OK
- 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
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- Richard Harmon Fulton D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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