House roll call 902 · 95th Congress · Apr 19, 1978
To amend H.R. 8494 so that if an individual communicating on behalf of an organization lives or works in the district, county or standard metropolitan statistic
On Apr 19, 1978, the House voted 195–212 (HR 8494). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 77–201, Republicans 126–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 94 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
- 195
- No
- 212
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 19, 1978
By party
- Republicans126 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats77 yes · 201 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA voted yes
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted yes
- William Ross Cotter D-CT voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- John G. Fary D-IL voted yes
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted yes
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted no
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
- George Edward Shipley D-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted yes
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- David Farnham Emery R-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted yes
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- Mario Biaggi D-NY voted yes
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY voted yes
- John Michael Murphy D-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- Charles Joseph Carney D-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK voted yes
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR voted yes
- Daniel John Flood D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted yes
- John Herman Dent D-PA voted yes
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC voted yes
- James Robert Mann D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC voted yes
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted yes
- James Albon Mattox D-TX voted yes
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
And 14 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-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
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran 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
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-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
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-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
- 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
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-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
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-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
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-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
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- William Robert Poage 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
- Dale Milford D-TX
- 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
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett 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
- 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Wyche Fowler 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
- 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
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- David Lance Cornwell D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- 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
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- 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
- James Anthony Burke D-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
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-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
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan 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
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James David Santini D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-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
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman 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
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds 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
- 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
Did not vote
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Charles Thone R-NE
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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