To agree to H. RES. 746, authorizing the speaker to entain motions to suspend the rules.

On Dec 18, 1973, the House voted 284–101 (HRES 746). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 197–15, Republicans 86–86, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 members voted against their own party.

During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 284
No: 101
Did not vote: 57
Date: Dec 18, 1973

By party

Republicans86 yes · 86 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats197 yes · 15 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted no
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA voted no
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Alphonzo Bell R-CA voted no
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA voted no
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA voted no
William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
Robert Hampton Steele R-CT voted no
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted no
Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV R-DE voted no
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL voted no
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted no
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
William Joseph Scherle R-IA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
Robert Paul Hanrahan R-IL voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Harold Reginald Collier R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Robert Mcclory R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Roger Herschel Zion R-IN voted no
David Worth Dennis R-IN voted no
Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted no
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted no
Garner E. Shriver R-KS voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
John Richard Rarick D-LA voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Lawrence Joseph Hogan R-MD voted no
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI voted no
Robert James Huber R-MI voted no
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) Mizell R-NC voted no
Earl Baker Ruth R-NC voted no
James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted no
Charles Thone R-NE voted no
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE voted no
John Edmund Hunt R-NJ voted no
Charles William Sandman Jr. R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
Joseph James Maraziti R-NJ voted no
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted no
Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
William John Keating R-OH voted no
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
John Richard Dellenback R-OR voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
George Atlee Goodling R-PA voted no

And 21 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
Phillip Burton D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
Richard Thomas Hanna D-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Victor Vincent Veysey R-CA
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe R-IN
William Herbert Hudnut III R-IN
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
William Oswald Mills R-MD
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
James Harvey R-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
David Thomas Martin R-NE
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
John James Rooney D-NY
Hugh Leo Carey D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Ogden Rogers Reid D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Walter Eugene Powell R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Carl Bert Albert D-OK
Wendell Wyatt R-OR
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Julia Butler Hansen D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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