House roll call 212 · 97th Congress · Oct 1, 1981
To approve the house journal of wednesday, sept. 30, 1981. (motion passed)
On Oct 1, 1981, the House voted 294–71. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–31, Republicans 124–40, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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
- 294
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Oct 1, 1981
By party
- Republicans124 yes · 40 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats172 yes · 31 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Tony Coelho D-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS 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
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted no
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted no
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
- James Albon Mattox D-TX voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
- William Neff Patman D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA voted no
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA voted no
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA voted no
- Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
- Toby A. Roth R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards 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
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-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
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal 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
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford 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
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-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
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon 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
- 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
- Larry Jones Hopkins 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
- 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
- Joseph Daniel Early 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
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- 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
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- 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
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- 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
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal 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
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin 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
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-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
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- 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
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne 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
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-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
- 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
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- 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
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-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
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- 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
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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