To agree to H. RES. 470, rule for consideration of H.R. 6674, defense department authorizations for fiscal 1976.

On May 15, 1975, the House voted 367–26 (HRES 470). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 233–26, Republicans 135–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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: 367
No: 26
Did not vote: 47
Date: May 15, 1975

By party

Republicans135 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats233 yes · 26 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted no
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted no
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN voted no
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted no
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY voted no
Frederick William Richmond D-NY voted no
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY voted no
Herman Badillo D-NY voted no
Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Edward Peter Beard D-RI voted no
Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted no
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
David Newton Henderson D-NC
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
James John Howard D-NJ
Mario Biaggi D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to H. RES. 470, rule for…: House Vote, May 15, 1975,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/94-H-155/to-agree-to-h-res-470-rule-for-consideration (accessed 2026-10-17).