House roll call 18 · 97th Congress · Apr 8, 1981
To agree to S. CON. RES. 17, providing for an adjournment of the Congress from apr. 10, 1981 to apr. 27, 1981. (motion agreed to)
On Apr 8, 1981, the House voted 241–73 (SCR 17). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 164–10, Republicans 78–63. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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
- 241
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 127
- Date
- Apr 8, 1981
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 63 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats164 yes · 10 no · 72 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted no
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI voted no
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- William Martin Hendon R-NC voted no
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE voted no
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted no
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
- John Leboutillier R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted no
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY voted no
- Henry James Nowak D-NY voted no
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted no
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted no
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted no
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA voted no
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA voted no
- John Light Napier R-SC voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted no
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA voted no
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA voted no
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA voted no
- William Creed Wampler R-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted no
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
- David Michael Staton R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-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
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. 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
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory 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
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- William Huston Natcher 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
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-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
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker 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
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- John Light Napier R-SC
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- David Michael Staton R-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
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