To approve the house journal of thursday, oct. 1, 1981. (motion agreed to)

On Oct 2, 1981, the House voted 273–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 145–15, Republicans 129–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 273
No: 28
Did not vote: 139
Date: Oct 2, 1981

By party

Republicans129 yes · 13 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats145 yes · 15 no · 86 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ 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
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
James Albon Mattox D-TX voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall 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
Phillip Burton D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman 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
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. 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
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Harold Washington D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-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
Paul Findley R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp 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
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-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
Barney Frank D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal 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
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
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-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
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
William Carney R-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Leboutillier R-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel 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
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Bob Mcewen 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
Donald James Pease D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar 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
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
Gus Yatron D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
James Leo Nelligan R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
John Light Napier R-SC
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
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
William Neff Patman D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) 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
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
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
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley 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
David Ross Obey D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
David Michael Staton R-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the house journal of thursday…: House Vote, Oct 2, 1981,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/97-H-220/to-approve-the-house-journal-of-thursday-oct-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).