House roll call 1255 · 94th Congress · Sep 28, 1976
That the committee of the whole rise, thus postponing action on H.R. 15.
On Sep 28, 1976, the House voted 129–207 (HR 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–145, Republicans 59–62. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 129 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
- 129
- No
- 207
- Did not vote
- 105
- Date
- Sep 28, 1976
By party
- Republicans59 yes · 62 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats70 yes · 145 no · 79 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL voted yes
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted yes
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted yes
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted yes
- Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted yes
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted yes
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted yes
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted yes
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted yes
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA voted yes
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted yes
- Richard Kelly R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- George Edward Shipley D-IL voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- John Brademas D-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted yes
- Joe Skubitz R-KS voted yes
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- David Conner Treen R-LA voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA voted yes
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted yes
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted yes
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted yes
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted yes
- William David Ford D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-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
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted yes
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted yes
- Charles Thone R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ voted yes
- Edward James Patten D-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY voted yes
And 49 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards 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
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-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
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Brademas D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Garner E. Shriver R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- 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
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-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
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Tim Lee Hall D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Edward Roush D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Philip Harold Hayes D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius 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
- 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
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Gilbert Gude R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- 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
- William Joseph Randall D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- William Leonard Hungate D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Melcher D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard 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
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-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
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney 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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan 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
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Allan Turner Howe D-UT
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-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
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert John Cornell D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Sam Steiger R-AZ
- John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
- Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- 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
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
- J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- James Grant O'Hara D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
- David Newton Henderson D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
- John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-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
- Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- James Vincent Stanton D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- John Jarman R-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- William Joseph Green D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-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
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
- Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
- Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
Other votes
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