House roll call 125 · 95th Congress · Apr 21, 1977
To reject a preferential motion to concur in Senate amendment #35 to H.R. 4877 and express the sense of the house that said amendment should not stand. Senate
On Apr 21, 1977, the House voted 124–279 (HR 4877). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 100–171, Republicans 25–108. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 125 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
- 124
- No
- 279
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Apr 21, 1977
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 108 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats100 yes · 171 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
- John Emerson Moss D-CA voted yes
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA voted yes
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA voted yes
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted yes
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted yes
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted yes
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted yes
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted yes
- John Brademas D-IN voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted yes
- David Lance Cornwell D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA voted yes
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted yes
- Gillis William Long D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted yes
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted yes
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted yes
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted yes
- Mario Biaggi D-NY voted yes
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY voted yes
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Murphy D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- Herman Badillo D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted yes
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY voted yes
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted yes
- Henry James Nowak D-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted yes
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
And 45 more.
The bill
H.R. 4877: A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, l977.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- David Lance Cornwell D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
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
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-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
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- 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
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss 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
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks 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
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert John Cornell D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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