To amend H.R. 2444 by striking language giving the secretary discretionary authority to waive federally mandated organizational requirements, and by inserting l

On Jun 19, 1979, the House voted 362–36 (HR 2444). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 247–5, Republicans 118–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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: 362
No: 36
Did not vote: 39
Date: Jun 19, 1979

By party

Republicans118 yes · 31 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats247 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted no
George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted no
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted no
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Toby A. Roth R-WI voted no
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
John Edward Porter R-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
William Howard Harsha R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Raphael John Musto D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2444 by striking language…: House Vote, Jun 19, 1979,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/96-H-239/to-amend-h-r-2444-by-striking-language-giving (accessed 2026-10-17).