To agree to H. RES. 1235, the rule to consider H.R. 12432, the bill authorizing appropriations for the commission on civil rights for an additonal five years.

On Jun 26, 1978, the House voted 303–16 (HRE 1235). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 211–3, Republicans 96–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 303
No: 16
Did not vote: 118
Date: Jun 26, 1978

By party

Republicans96 yes · 13 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats211 yes · 3 no · 80 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
William Albert Steiger R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Donald Holst Clausen R-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
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas 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
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
John Brademas D-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Joe Skubitz 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
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
Charles Thone R-NE
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Theodore Marshall Risenhoover 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
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Joshua Eilberg D-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
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
Ed Jones D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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