House roll call 157 · 96th Congress · May 24, 1979
To agree to a substitute amendment to the kindness amendment to S. 869, a bill amending the ethics in government act. The kindness amendment limited postemploym
On May 24, 1979, the House voted 88–292 (S 869). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 64–177, Republicans 24–117. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 88 members voted against their own party.
During the 96th Congress (1979–1980), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 88
- No
- 292
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- May 24, 1979
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 117 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 177 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted yes
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted yes
- Edward John Stack D-FL voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted yes
- Adam Benjamin Jr. 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
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted yes
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted yes
- James Michael Shannon D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted yes
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted yes
- David Farnham Emery R-ME voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted yes
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted yes
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted yes
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ voted yes
- James David Santini D-NV voted yes
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted yes
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted yes
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted yes
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted yes
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH voted yes
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Les Aucoin D-OR voted yes
- James Howard Weaver D-OR voted yes
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA voted yes
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted yes
- Robert William Edgar D-PA voted yes
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted yes
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- James Albon Mattox D-TX voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted yes
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX voted yes
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX voted yes
- Henry B. González D-TX voted yes
And 8 more.
The bill
S. 869: A bill to amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-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
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Bennett McVey Stewart 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
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. 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
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-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
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond 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
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- William Howard Harsha 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
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers 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
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- 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
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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