House roll call 596 · 96th Congress · Nov 16, 1979
To instruct conferees to agree to language in Senate amendments to H.R. 2440, airport and airway development, relating to the solicitation of individuals at air
On Nov 16, 1979, the House voted 247–106 (HR 2440). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 147–79, Republicans 102–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 108 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
- 247
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Nov 16, 1979
By party
- Republicans102 yes · 29 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats147 yes · 79 no · 54 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted no
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted no
- James Charles Corman D-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted no
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL voted no
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- John Brademas D-IN voted no
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA voted no
- James Michael Shannon D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted no
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI voted no
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI voted no
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE voted no
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- William Carney R-NY voted no
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted no
- Mario Biaggi D-NY voted no
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted no
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY voted no
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY voted no
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted no
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted no
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted no
And 28 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Ross Cotter 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
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- 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
- 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-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
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-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
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- 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
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser 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
- Frank Jefferson Horton 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- 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 Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren 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
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson 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 Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-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
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- 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
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman 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
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Brademas D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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