To agree to H. RES. 1307, the rule to consider H.R. 11280, the civil service reform act of 1978.

On Aug 11, 1978, the House voted 357–18 (HRE 1307). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 245–10, Republicans 118–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 357
No: 18
Did not vote: 58
Date: Aug 11, 1978

By party

Republicans118 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats245 yes · 10 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD voted no
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA voted no
William Albert Steiger R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
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
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
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
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
James Charles Corman D-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
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-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 Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd 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
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-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
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
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-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
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon 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
John Thomas Myers R-IN
David Lance Cornwell D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
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
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
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
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
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt 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
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
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
Charles Grandison Rose III 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
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith 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
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-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
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
Mario Biaggi 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
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula 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
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
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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower 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
Henry B. González D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-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
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
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
John Edward Cunningham III R-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 Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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