House roll call 3 · 96th Congress · Feb 26, 1979
To agree to H. RES. 35, providing for the expenses of investigations and studies by the committee on veterans affairs. (motion passed)
On Feb 26, 1979, the House voted 267–100 (HRES 35). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–10, Republicans 48–90. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 267
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Feb 26, 1979
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 90 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats223 yes · 10 no · 47 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA voted yes
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
- William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
- John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA voted yes
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted yes
- William Creed Wampler R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump 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
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd 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
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- William Lehman 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
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell 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
- 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
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-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
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach 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
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-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
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi 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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- 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
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- 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
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- 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
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-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
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- 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
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-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
How each representative voted: No
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino 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
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- David Alan Stockman 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
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- William Carney R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-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
Did not vote
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
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