House roll call 270 · 96th Congress · Jun 27, 1979
To amend H.R. 4389 by substituting the anti-abortion language in current law for the language in the bill. (motion failed)
On Jun 27, 1979, the House voted 180–241 (HR 4389). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 149–116, Republicans 31–125. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 147 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
- 180
- No
- 241
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 27, 1979
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 125 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats149 yes · 116 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- William Howard Royer R-CA voted yes
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA voted yes
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
- William Ross Cotter D-CT voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- John G. Fary D-IL voted no
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- Paul Findley R-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted no
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted no
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY voted yes
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted no
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Gillis William Long D-LA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI voted no
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted no
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted no
And 67 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-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
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Edward John Stack 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
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Brademas D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-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
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman 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
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-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
- Norman David Shumway 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
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- 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
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian 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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder 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
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler 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 S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- 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
- 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
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-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
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall 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
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- 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
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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