To amend H.R. 16071, so as to strike out language which would compensate individuals who lose their jobs as a result of federal environmental orders.

On Aug 16, 1972, the House voted 161–201 (HR 16071). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–176, Republicans 123–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 members voted against their own party.

During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 161
No: 201
Did not vote: 81
Date: Aug 16, 1972

By party

Democrats38 yes · 176 no · 44 didn’t vote
Republicans123 yes · 25 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted yes
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted no
William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted no
Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA voted yes
Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted yes
Robert Hampton Steele R-CT voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
James Andrew Haley D-FL voted yes
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL voted yes
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
John William Davis D-GA voted yes
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted yes
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA voted yes
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA voted no
William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY voted yes
Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC voted no
Charles Thone R-NE voted no
Louis Crosby Wyman R-NH voted no
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted no
Edward James Patten D-NJ voted yes
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted yes
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
Seymour Halpern R-NY voted no
Peter A. Peyser R-NY voted no
Ogden Rogers Reid R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
John Jarman D-OK voted yes
Wendell Wyatt R-OR voted no
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR voted yes
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
John Herman Dent D-PA voted yes
James Robert Mann D-SC voted yes
Frank Edward Denholm D-SD voted yes
Earle Cabell D-TX voted yes
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX voted yes
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT voted yes
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA voted yes
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted yes
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA voted yes
William Creed Wampler R-VA voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Teno Roncalio D-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

William Louis Dickinson R-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Sam Steiger R-AZ
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias R-CA
H. Allen Smith R-CA
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Alphonzo Bell R-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
Jerry Lyle Pettis R-CA
Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
James Douglas (Mike) Mckevitt R-CO
Donald Glenn Brotzman R-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA
Standish Fletcher Thompson R-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
John William Davis D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Harold Royce Gross R-IA
John Henry Kyl R-IA
Wiley Mayne R-IA
William Joseph Scherle R-IA
James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
Orval Howard Hansen R-ID
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Cliffard Dale Carlson R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Roger Herschel Zion R-IN
David Worth Dennis R-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
William Prather Curlin Jr. D-KY
Gilbert Gude R-MD
Marvin Leonel Esch R-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Ancher Nelsen R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
John Matthew Zwach R-MN
Durward Gorham Hall R-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Earl Baker Ruth R-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
David Thomas Martin R-NE
John Edmund Hunt R-NJ
Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
James Russell Grover Jr. R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Carleton James King R-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Alexander Pirnie R-NY
Howard Winfield Robison R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
James Fred Hastings R-NY
Henry P. Smith III R-NY
William John Keating R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
John Newbold Happy Camp R-OK
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
John Richard Dellenback R-OR
Lawrence Gordon Williams R-PA
John Haines Ware III R-PA
John Irving Whalley R-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
George Atlee Goodling R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
William Sheldrick Conover II R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Frank Edward Denholm D-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Dan Heflin Kuykendall R-TN
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Earle Cabell D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Robert Dale Price R-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Richard Walker Mallary R-VT
Vernon Wallace Thomson R-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Jerome Russell Waldie D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
John George Schmitz R-CA
Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
George Elliott Hagan D-GA
Charlotte Thompson Reid R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
William Lee Springer R-IL
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Patrick Thomson Caffery D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
John Richard Rarick D-LA
Edwin Washington Edwards D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Speedy Oteria Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Frank Bradford Morse R-MA
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Hastings Keith R-MA
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R-MD
William Oswald Mills R-MD
Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R-MI
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R-MI
James Harvey R-MI
William David Ford D-MI
Jack H. Mcdonald R-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
Florence Price Dwyer R-NJ
Cornelius Edward Gallagher D-NJ
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
William Fitts Ryan D-NY
John Hart Terry R-NY
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
James George Abourezk D-SD
LaMar Baker R-TN
William Robert Anderson D-TN
Leonard Ray Blanton D-TN
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 16071, so as to strike out…: House Vote, Aug 16, 1972,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/92-H-554/to-amend-h-r-16071-so-as-to-strike (accessed 2026-10-17).