To pass H.J. RES. 227, a resolution making urgent supplemental appropriations for the department of the interior, southwestern power administration for the fis

On Feb 7, 1977, the House voted 341–5 (HJR 227). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 229–6, Republicans 112–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 members voted against their own party.

During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 341
No: 5
Did not vote: 94
Date: Feb 7, 1977

By party

Republicans112 yes · 0 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats229 yes · 6 no · 59 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted no
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Don Fuqua D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Edward Irving Koch D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
James Robert Mann D-SC
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
John Edward Cunningham III R-WA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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