To approve the house journal for wednesday, oct. 5, 1977.

On Oct 6, 1977, the House voted 364–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 249–6, Republicans 115–10. 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: 364
No: 16
Did not vote: 61
Date: Oct 6, 1977

By party

Republicans115 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats249 yes · 6 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett 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
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-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
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-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
Richard Kelly R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Billy Lee Evans 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
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-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
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
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-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
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) 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
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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Michael Joseph Harrington D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Donald MacKay Fraser 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
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
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
James John Howard D-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick 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
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Mario Biaggi 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
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Herman Badillo D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-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
Edward Worthington Pattison 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
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Charles Joseph Carney 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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-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
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-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
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower 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
Dale Milford D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-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
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan 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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