To approve the journal of nov. 1, 1979. (motion passed)

On Nov 2, 1979, the House voted 269–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 167–3, Republicans 105–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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: 269
No: 10
Did not vote: 158
Date: Nov 2, 1979

By party

Republicans105 yes · 7 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats167 yes · 3 no · 110 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-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
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Richard C. Shelby D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
Richard Kelly R-FL
Edward John Stack D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
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
Mark Andrews R-ND
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James David Santini D-NV
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
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
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
Raphael John Musto D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
William Hill Boner D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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