House roll call 171 · 96th Congress · Jun 6, 1979
To amend H.R. 3875 by waiving davis-bacon prevailing wage requirements for residential housing rehabilitation projects carried out by nieghborhood-based nonprof
On Jun 6, 1979, the House voted 155–244 (HR 3875). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–211, Republicans 108–40. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 92 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
- 155
- No
- 244
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 6, 1979
By party
- Republicans108 yes · 40 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 211 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted no
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted no
- William Howard Royer R-CA voted no
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-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
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted no
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
- Paul Findley R-IL voted no
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
- 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted yes
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted no
- James David Santini D-NV voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted no
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Lyle Williams R-OH voted no
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted yes
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR voted yes
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted no
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted yes
And 12 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-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
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- 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
- 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell 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
- 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
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- 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
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. 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
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-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
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo 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
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan 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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs 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
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-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
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-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
- 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
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal 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
- 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
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry 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
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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