To amend the house rules report, by prohibiting any amendment to any general appropriation bill which changes the existing law, except such as shall retrench ex

On Mar 2, 1880, the House voted 119–114. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 118–4, Republicans 0–102, Others 6–10. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 119
No: 114
Did not vote: 61
Date: Mar 2, 1880

By party

Democrats118 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 102 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Adlai Ewing Stevenson D-IL voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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