House roll call 177 · 97th Congress · Jul 31, 1981
To agree to H. RES. 203, rule for consideration of H.R. 4331, restoring minimum benefits under the social security act. (motion agreed to)
On Jul 31, 1981, the House voted 370–52 (HRES 203). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 189–44, Republicans 181–7, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 members voted against their own party.
During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 370
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 31, 1981
By party
- Republicans181 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats189 yes · 44 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT voted no
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT voted no
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Harold Washington D-IL voted no
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted no
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted no
- Robert Garcia D-NY voted no
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY voted no
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted no
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK voted no
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA voted no
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN voted no
- James Albon Mattox D-TX voted no
- William Neff Patman D-TX voted no
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX voted no
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. 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
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-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
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron 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
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- James Whitney Dunn R-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
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. 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
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-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
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-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
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker 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
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields 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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- David Michael Staton R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Did not vote
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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