House roll call 73 · 96th Congress · Apr 9, 1979
To amend the bauman amendment to H.R. 3324. The solarz amendment deletes language from the bauman amendment that provides for impartial observers at elections
On Apr 9, 1979, the House voted 233–146 (HR 3324). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 218–34, Republicans 26–121. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 233
- No
- 146
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 9, 1979
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 121 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats218 yes · 34 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA voted no
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- David Farnham Emery R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- James John Howard D-NJ voted no
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ voted yes
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- James David Santini D-NV voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
- Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
- Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX voted no
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX voted no
- David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-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
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- 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
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica 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
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- John Brademas D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
- James Michael Shannon 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
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bill D. Burlison D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes 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
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti 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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- William Singer Moorhead D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Edward Peter Beard D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- 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
- 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
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas 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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-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
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-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
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Herbert Ray Roberts 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
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler 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
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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