To agree to amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 6209, which would permit federally chartered savings and loans to offer variable rate mortgages for

On May 8, 1975, the House voted 167–232 (HR 6209). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 53–216, Republicans 114–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 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: 167
No: 232
Did not vote: 42
Date: May 8, 1975

By party

Republicans114 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats53 yes · 216 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted yes
George Miller D-CA voted yes
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted yes
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted yes
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
John Hans Krebs D-CA voted yes
James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA voted yes
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted yes
George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted yes
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA voted yes
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted yes
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA voted yes
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted yes
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted yes
Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted yes
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
Joe Skubitz R-KS voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted no
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted yes
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI voted no
William Joseph Randall D-MO voted yes
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO voted yes
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
John Melcher D-MT voted yes
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted yes
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted yes
James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted yes
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY voted yes
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY voted yes
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted yes
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Clement John Zablocki D-WI voted yes
Teno Roncalio D-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Sam Steiger R-AZ
John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
George Miller D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta 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
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke 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
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE
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
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
John Bayne Breckinridge D-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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Gilbert Gude R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
William Joseph Randall D-MO
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
John Melcher D-MT
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
Charles Thone R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Donald Daniel Clancy 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
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
John Jarman R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
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
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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