To amend the brooks substitute (see RC 44) for H.R. 6805 by deleting the provision that states that the office of consumer representation may not intervene in t

On Feb 8, 1978, the House voted 138–274 (HR 6805). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–233, Republicans 101–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 138
No: 274
Did not vote: 27
Date: Feb 8, 1978

By party

Republicans101 yes · 42 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 233 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR voted yes
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA voted yes
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted yes
Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted no
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted no
Paul Findley R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
William Henson Moore III R-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD voted no
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted no
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI voted no
Albert Harold Quie R-MN voted no
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted no
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted yes
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY voted no
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY voted no
William Francis Walsh R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Douglas Walgren D-PA voted yes
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted no
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA voted no
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted yes
James Albon Mattox D-TX voted yes
Jack English Hightower D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
George Herman Mahon D-TX voted yes
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX voted yes
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Dale Milford D-TX voted yes
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted yes
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted yes
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
John Edward Cunningham III R-WA voted no
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Flynt Nichols 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
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Leo Joseph Ryan D-CA
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Lester Armstrong R-CO
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
Richard Kelly R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
J. Herbert Burke R-FL
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
Gene Taylor R-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Charles Thone R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
James Abdnor R-SD
John James Duncan R-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
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
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the brooks substitute (see RC 44)…: House Vote, Feb 8, 1978,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/95-H-745/to-amend-the-brooks-substitute-see-rc-44-for (accessed 2026-10-17).