To agree to H. RES. 1078, the rule to consider H.R. 7700, the postal service act of 1978.

On Mar 20, 1978, the House voted 387–0 (HRE 1078). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 254–0, Republicans 134–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.

During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 387
No: 0
Did not vote: 53
Date: Mar 20, 1978

By party

Republicans134 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats254 yes · 0 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-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
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
George Miller 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
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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-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
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
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
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-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
Richard Kelly R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-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
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel 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
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback 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
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-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
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
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 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
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski 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
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-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
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
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling 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
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
Mark Andrews R-ND
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
Edwin Bell Forsythe 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
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-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
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
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham 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
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-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
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Charles William Whalen 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
John Frederick Seiberling 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
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-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
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
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
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
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
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
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
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
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
Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
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
John Edward Cunningham III R-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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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