House roll call 954 · 95th Congress · May 9, 1978
To amend H. CON. RES. 559 by reducing the total budget authority by $8 billion and the total outlays by $7 billion.
On May 9, 1978, the House voted 195–203 (HCR 559). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 75–191, Republicans 122–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 90 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
- 195
- No
- 203
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 9, 1978
By party
- Republicans122 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats75 yes · 191 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted yes
- Walter Flowers D-AL voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted no
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Frank Edward Evans D-CO voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted yes
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC voted yes
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted yes
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- James David Santini D-NV voted yes
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted yes
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Les Aucoin D-OR voted yes
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted yes
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted yes
- William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
- Jack English Hightower D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Richard Crawford White D-TX voted yes
And 10 more.
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
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Walter Flowers D-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta 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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
- Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Frank Edward Evans 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- J. Herbert Burke R-FL
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- 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
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-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
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-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
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD
- Newton Ivan Steers Jr. R-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Albert Harold Quie R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley 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
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Otis Grey Pike D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- William Francis Walsh R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce 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
- 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
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Robert Alton Gammage D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Dale Milford D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- John Edward Cunningham III R-WA
- William Albert Steiger R-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
- John Lowell 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
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- John Hans Krebs D-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-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
- George Edward Shipley D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- David Lance Cornwell D-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-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
- Joseph Anthony Lefante D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-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
- Stephen Joshua Solarz 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
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-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
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Joshua Eilberg D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Joseph Scofield Ammerman D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Andrew Young D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-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
- David Ross Obey 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
Did not vote
- James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA
- Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
- Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Joe Skubitz R-KS
- Richard Alvin Tonry D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Thone R-NE
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Edward Irving Koch D-NY
- Herman Badillo D-NY
- Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- John Herman Dent D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- James Robert Mann D-SC
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Other votes
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