House roll call 824 · 96th Congress · Mar 31, 1980
To amend H.R. 6837, railroad rebuilding, by striking language proposing the development of 13 intercity rail passenger corridors. (motion failed)
On Mar 31, 1980, the House voted 84–266 (HR 6837). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–193, Republicans 55–73. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 84 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
- 84
- No
- 266
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Mar 31, 1980
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 73 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 193 no · 58 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted yes
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO voted yes
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Richard Kelly R-FL voted yes
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted yes
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted yes
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY voted yes
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted yes
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- William Howard Harsha R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted yes
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted yes
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Richard Kelly R-FL
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans 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
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- William Howard Harsha 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
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- William Howard Royer R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- James Charles Corman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-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
- Edward John Stack D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-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
- John Brademas D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Keith George Sebelius R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries 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
- Tim Lee Carter R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
- Gillis William Long 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-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
- 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
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- 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
- Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edward James Patten D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- John Michael Murphy D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
- Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-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
- 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
- Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jack English Hightower 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
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost 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
- Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Mike Mccormack D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Alvin James Baldus D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
- Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- John Bayard Anderson R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- David Conner Treen R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- David Alan Stockman R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- James Michael Hanley D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Raphael John Musto D-PA
- John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
- John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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