To agree to H. J. RES. 873, the resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the disaster loan program of the small business administration for TH

On May 8, 1978, the House voted 346–23 (HJR 873). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 230–15, Republicans 118–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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: 346
No: 23
Did not vote: 70
Date: May 8, 1978

By party

Republicans118 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats230 yes · 15 no · 49 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted no
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA voted no
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted no
William Lehman D-FL voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
David Alan Stockman R-MI voted no
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI voted no
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted no
Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted no
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY voted no
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
James Albon Mattox D-TX voted no

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
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
Ronald V. Dellums 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
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
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson 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
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
William Ross Cotter 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
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-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
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
Wyche Fowler Jr. 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
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-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
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback 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
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
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
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
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
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Edward John Markey 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
Garry Eldridge Brown 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
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Donald MacKay Fraser 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
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
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
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-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
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
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
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
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss 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
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
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
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
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
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
Raymond Francis Lederer 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
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
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson 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
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
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
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack 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
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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