To pass H.R. 6711, youth jobs and education. (motion passed)

On Aug 26, 1980, the House voted 337–51 (HR 6711). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 230–16, Republicans 108–36. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 members voted against their own party.

During the 96th Congress (1979–1980), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 337
No: 51
Did not vote: 50
Date: Aug 26, 1980

By party

Republicans108 yes · 36 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats230 yes · 16 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
David Alan Stockman R-MI voted no
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted no
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted no
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted no
Gary Alcide Lee R-NY voted no
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted no
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted no
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX voted no
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA voted no
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA voted no
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
David Conner Treen R-LA
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
James Abdnor R-SD
Charles Wilson D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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