To amend S. 1309 by reducing the food stamp benefits to those households which include children receiving federally subsidized school lunches. (motion failed)

On May 8, 1980, the House voted 134–269 (S 1309). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–219, Republicans 98–51. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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: 134
No: 269
Did not vote: 36
Date: May 8, 1980

By party

Republicans98 yes · 51 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 219 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
William Ross Cotter D-CT voted yes
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted yes
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted yes
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted yes
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted yes
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted yes
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Paul Findley R-IL voted no
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
David Walter Evans D-IN voted yes
Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted no
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
David Farnham Emery R-ME voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted no
Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted yes
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted no
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
James David Santini D-NV voted yes
Mario Biaggi D-NY voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
John William Stanton R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
Lyle Williams R-OH voted no
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA voted no
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted no
James Abdnor R-SD voted no
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
John James Duncan R-TN voted no
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted yes
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX voted yes
Richard Crawford White D-TX voted yes

And 7 more.

The bill

S. 1309: A bill to increase the fiscal year 1979 authorization for appropriations for the food stamp program.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Flynt Nichols 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
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
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
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta 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
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Edward John Stack D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach 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
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Paul Findley 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
Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. 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
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-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
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
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
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
David Reece Bowen D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
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
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro 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
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-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
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-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
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
Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Raphael John Musto D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-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
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
Ed Jones 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
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) 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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
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
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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