To approve the journal of wednesday, aug. 1, 1979. (motion passed)

On Aug 2, 1979, the House voted 306–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 171–5, Republicans 136–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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: 306
No: 9
Did not vote: 123
Date: Aug 2, 1979

By party

Republicans136 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats171 yes · 5 no · 104 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA voted no
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
Richard C. Shelby D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-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
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
William Howard Royer R-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-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
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
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
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Marvin Dawson Mathis 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
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
John Brademas D-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
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker 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
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-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 McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III 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
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
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 Colgate Cleveland R-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
William Carney R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer 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
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
William Herbert Gray III 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
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-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
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
William Hill Boner 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
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
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
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-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
Thomas Stephen Foley 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
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the journal of wednesday, aug. 1…: House Vote, Aug 2, 1979,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/96-H-388/to-approve-the-journal-of-wednesday-aug-1-1979 (accessed 2026-10-17).