To approve the journal of oct. 23, 1979. (motion passed)

On Oct 24, 1979, the House voted 354–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 218–11, Republicans 138–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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: 354
No: 19
Did not vote: 65
Date: Oct 24, 1979

By party

Republicans138 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats218 yes · 11 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
Les Aucoin D-OR voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA voted no
Leslie Aspin D-WI 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
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
David Conner Treen R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
William Howard Harsha R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Raphael John Musto D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Charles Wilson D-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the journal of oct. 23, 1979…: House Vote, Oct 24, 1979,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/96-H-530/to-approve-the-journal-of-oct-23-1979-motion (accessed 2026-10-17).