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House roll call 1144 · 95th Congress · Jun 28, 1978

To order a second on the mccormack motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, H.R. 12874, the solar photovoltaic energy, research, development and demons

On Jun 28, 1978, the House voted 376–5 (HR 12874). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 251–3, Republicans 128–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
376
No
5
Did not vote
57
Date
Jun 28, 1978

By party

  • Republicans128 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
  • Democrats251 yes · 3 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

The bill

H.R. 12874: A bill to provide for an accelerated program of research, development, and demonstration of solar photovoltaic energy technologies leading to early competitive commercial applicability of such technologies to be carried out by the Department of Energy, with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Bureau of Standards, the General Services Administration, and o

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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