House roll call 114 · 96th Congress · May 8, 1979
To amend H. CON. RES. 107 by reducing justice budget authority by $497 million and outlays by $95 million to effect a phased termination of the law enforcement
On May 8, 1979, the House voted 104–316 (HCR 107). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–209, Republicans 49–108. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 105 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
- 104
- No
- 316
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 8, 1979
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 108 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 209 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted yes
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted yes
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted yes
- William Ross Cotter D-CT voted yes
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
- Richard Kelly R-FL voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted yes
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted yes
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David Alan Stockman R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- James David Santini D-NV voted yes
- William Carney R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY voted yes
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted yes
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Les Aucoin D-OR voted yes
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR voted yes
- James Howard Weaver D-OR voted yes
And 25 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. 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
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Bennett McVey Stewart 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
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-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
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-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
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis 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
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams 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
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- 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
- 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
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- 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
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro 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
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-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
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty 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
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- 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
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-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
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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