To agree to H. RES. 917, the rule to consider H. J. RES. 662, the resolution authorizing further appropriations for fiscal 1978 for those departments whose app

On Dec 6, 1977, the House voted 331–21 (HRE 917). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 219–17, Republicans 114–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 331
No: 21
Did not vote: 87
Date: Dec 6, 1977

By party

Republicans114 yes · 4 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats219 yes · 17 no · 58 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Miller D-CA voted no
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted no
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted no
Frederick William Richmond D-NY voted no
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted no
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted no
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
William Albert Steiger R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta 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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-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
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-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
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
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
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy 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
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
John Brademas D-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-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
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
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
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-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 Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas 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
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-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
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi 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
Richard Michael Nolan 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
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II 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
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
Charles Thone R-NE
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
Robert A. Roe D-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
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
William Francis Walsh R-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
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
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
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook 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
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
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
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
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
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
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-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
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González 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
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
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 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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