To agree to conference report on S. 622, energy policy and conservation act, except for provisions setting up an advanced automotive technology program and prov

On Dec 15, 1975, the House voted 236–160 (S 622). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 207–61, Republicans 36–106. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 97 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: 236
No: 160
Did not vote: 31
Date: Dec 15, 1975

By party

Republicans36 yes · 106 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats207 yes · 61 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted no
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted yes
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted no
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
George Edward Shipley D-IL voted no
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
Gillis William Long D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted no
Gilbert Gude R-MD voted yes
David Farnham Emery R-ME voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted yes
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
William Leonard Hungate D-MO voted no
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
John Melcher D-MT voted no
Charles Thone R-NE voted yes
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted yes
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted yes
John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC voted no
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX voted no
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX voted no
Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no

And 17 more.

The bill

S. 622: A bill to provide standby authority to assure that the essential energy needs of the United States are met to reduce reliance on oil imported from insecure sources at high prices and to implement U.S. obligations under international agreements to deal wit

How each representative voted: Yes

William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett 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
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-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
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
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
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Tim Lee Hall D-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
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
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald 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
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-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
John Conyers Jr. D-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
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Joseph Randall D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC
Charles Thone 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
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
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
James Haas Scheuer 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
Peter A. Peyser R-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
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
James Vincent Stanton D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
Les Aucoin D-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green D-PA
Joshua Eilberg D-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Joseph Phillip Vigorito D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
Allan Turner Howe D-UT
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Floyd Verne Hicks 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
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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