To agree to H. RES. 1150, the rule to consider H.R. 9400, the bill authorizing the attorney general to initiate or intervene in civil suits in order to protect

On May 1, 1978, the House voted 320–20 (HRE 1150). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 219–6, Republicans 104–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 320
No: 20
Did not vote: 98
Date: May 1, 1978

By party

Republicans104 yes · 14 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats219 yes · 6 no · 69 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted no
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Jackson (Jack) Edwards 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
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
George Miller 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
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson 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 Ross Cotter D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Ronald Arthur Sarasin 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
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper 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
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
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
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski 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
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-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
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
David Lance Cornwell D-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
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
David Conner Treen R-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
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III 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
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
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
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. 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
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
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. 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
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
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-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
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-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
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
James Abdnor R-SD
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Clifford Robertson Allen D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González 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
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
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-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
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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