To agree to H. RES. 13, providing for the establishment of a select committee on narcotics abuse and control. (motion passed)

On Mar 21, 1979, the House voted 338–75 (HRES 13). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 212–49, Republicans 126–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 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: 338
No: 75
Did not vote: 27
Date: Mar 21, 1979

By party

Republicans126 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats212 yes · 49 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR voted no
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT voted no
William Richard Ratchford D-CT voted no
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted no
William Lehman D-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted no
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-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
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
William Henson Moore III R-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
James Michael Shannon D-MA voted no
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted no
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI voted no
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted no
William David Ford D-MI voted no
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN voted no
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Bill D. Burlison D-MO voted no
John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted no
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
Les Aucoin D-OR voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
Edward Peter Beard D-RI voted no
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA voted no
Allan Byron Swift D-WA voted no
Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
Alvin James Baldus D-WI voted no
David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
George Miller D-CA
William Howard Royer R-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
David Conner Treen R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Raphael John Musto D-PA
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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