To agree to H. RES. 731, the rule to consider the conference report on S. 826, department of energy organization act.

On Aug 2, 1977, the House voted 294–115 (HRE 731). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 250–19, Republicans 44–96. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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: 294
No: 115
Did not vote: 32
Date: Aug 2, 1977

By party

Republicans44 yes · 96 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats250 yes · 19 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA voted yes
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA voted yes
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted yes
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE voted yes
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted yes
John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
Paul Findley R-IL voted yes
David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD voted yes
David Farnham Emery R-ME voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
William Francis Walsh R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted yes
Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted yes
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted yes
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA voted yes
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted no
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX voted no
Dale Milford D-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill 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
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
John Lowell Burton 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
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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-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
Lionel Van Deerlin D-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
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
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-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
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
Neal Edward Smith D-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
John G. Fary D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates 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
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-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
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
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
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Michael Joseph Harrington 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
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. 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
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen 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
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-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
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
Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-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
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-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
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
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-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
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Charles Joseph Carney 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
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
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-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
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. 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
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
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
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 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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