To pass H.R. 11453.

On Feb 10, 1976, the House voted 239–154 (HR 11453). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 221–53, Republicans 23–106. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 239
No: 154
Did not vote: 38
Date: Feb 10, 1976

By party

Republicans23 yes · 106 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats221 yes · 53 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Walter Flowers D-AL voted no
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted yes
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA voted no
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted no
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
Felix Edward Hébert 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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
Gladys Noon Spellman 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
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY voted no
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
William Francis Walsh R-NY voted yes
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC voted no
James Robert Mann D-SC voted no
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC voted no
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted no
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX voted no
Dale Milford D-TX voted no
Allan Turner Howe D-UT voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA voted no
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-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
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-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
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Richard Kelly R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-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
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Henry John Hyde R-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
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter 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
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg 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
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Bill D. Burlison 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
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
David Newton Henderson D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal 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
Charles Thone R-NE
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
William John Hughes D-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-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
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
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
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
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
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
William Albert Steiger R-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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