House roll call 22 · 96th Congress · Mar 7, 1979
To agree to H. RES. 112, providing for the expenses of investigations and studies to be conducted by the committee on the district of columbia. (motion passed)
On Mar 7, 1979, the House voted 222–187 (HRES 112). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 212–50, Republicans 10–137. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 222
- No
- 187
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 7, 1979
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 137 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats212 yes · 50 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted yes
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted no
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA voted no
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted no
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- James David Santini D-NV voted no
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA voted no
- Douglas Walgren D-PA voted no
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted no
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- Ed Jones D-TN voted no
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX voted no
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
- William Creed Wampler R-VA voted yes
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. 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
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- 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
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn 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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland 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
- 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
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-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
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- 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
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler 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
- John Michael Murphy 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
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed 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
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. 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
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- 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
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. 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
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas 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
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young 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
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-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
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-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
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder 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
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl 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
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-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
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
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