To amend H.R. 6655 by requiring that at least 25% of the grant money for community development go to cities with populations of less than 50,000.

On May 11, 1977, the House voted 279–129 (HR 6655). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 165–119, Republicans 120–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 135 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: 279
No: 129
Did not vote: 21
Date: May 11, 1977

By party

Republicans120 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats165 yes · 119 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Emerson Moss D-CA voted no
Phillip Burton D-CA voted no
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
James Charles Corman D-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted no
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted no
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted no
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
William Ross Cotter D-CT voted no
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted no
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL voted no
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
John G. Fary D-IL voted no
Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted no
John Brademas D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted no
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA voted no
John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
James Anthony Burke D-MA voted no
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA 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
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted no
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI voted no
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted no
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO voted no
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted no
James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted no
James John Howard D-NJ voted no
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted no
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted no
Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted no
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted no
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY voted no
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY voted no
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted no
James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no

And 55 more.

The bill

H.R. 6655: A bill to amend certain Federal laws pertaining to community development, housing, and related programs.

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
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
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk 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
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-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
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Richard Kelly R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-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
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
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
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
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva 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
George Edward Shipley D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle 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
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
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
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
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
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
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
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-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
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Donald James Pease D-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
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
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron 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
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
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-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
James Henry Quillen R-TN
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
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Robert Poage 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
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
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Alvin James Baldus 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
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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