To agree to H. RES. 1404, a resolution authorizing the speaker of the house to declare a recess and entertain motions to suspend the rules at any time. Under h

On Oct 6, 1978, the House voted 300–56 (HRE 1404). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 239–1, Republicans 63–55. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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: 300
No: 56
Did not vote: 83
Date: Oct 6, 1978

By party

Republicans63 yes · 55 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats239 yes · 1 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted no
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA voted no
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Robert Mcclory R-IL voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
David Conner Treen R-LA voted no
William Henson Moore III R-LA voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted no
David Alan Stockman R-MI voted no
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted no
Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
David Daniel Marriott R-UT voted no
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
John Edward Cunningham III R-WA voted no
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
John Emerson Moss D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Richard Alvin Tonry 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
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Charles Thone R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
James John Howard D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
Edward Irving Koch D-NY
Herman Badillo D-NY
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
James Howard Weaver D-OR
John Herman Dent D-PA
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
George William Whitehurst R-VA
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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