House roll call 1366 · 95th Congress · Sep 11, 1978
To amend H.R. 11280 by allowing the FBI to have at least 140 employees in the gs16-18 range, despite other provisions that limit the number of executive-level p
On Sep 11, 1978, the House voted 124–217 (HR 11280). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 53–179, Republicans 73–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 95 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
- 217
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Sep 11, 1978
By party
- Republicans73 yes · 42 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats53 yes · 179 no · 62 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
- Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted no
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes 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
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted no
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted no
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
- Paul Findley R-IL voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted no
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted no
- Joe Skubitz R-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- James Anthony Burke D-MA voted yes
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
- David Alan Stockman R-MI voted no
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted no
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Thone R-NE voted no
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted yes
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted yes
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA voted yes
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA voted yes
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted yes
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted yes
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted no
And 15 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-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
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- James Anthony Burke D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- William Howard Harsha 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
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- 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
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- John Lowell Burton 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley 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
- David Walter Evans D-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
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-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
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-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
- Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
- Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed 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
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Mike Mccormack 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
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert John Cornell D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Teno Roncalio D-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-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
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- John G. Fary D-IL
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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