House roll call 704 · 96th Congress · Feb 7, 1980
To amend H.R. 2609, colorado river salinity control, by directing the secretary of interior to review and report to Congress on the authorized desalting complex
On Feb 7, 1980, the House voted 83–286 (HR 2609). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 73–167, Republicans 11–120. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 84 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
- 83
- No
- 286
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Feb 7, 1980
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 120 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats73 yes · 167 no · 40 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted yes
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted yes
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted yes
- Edward John Stack D-FL voted yes
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted yes
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted yes
- James Michael Shannon D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted yes
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted yes
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted yes
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY voted yes
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY voted yes
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted yes
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted yes
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted yes
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted yes
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted yes
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
- James Howard Weaver D-OR voted yes
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA voted yes
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA voted yes
- Robert William Edgar D-PA voted yes
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA voted yes
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- John James Duncan R-TN
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
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
- 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
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- 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
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker 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
- Larry Jones Hopkins 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
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall 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
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar 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
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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 Mitchell Collins R-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-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
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift 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
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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