House roll call 247 · 97th Congress · Oct 15, 1981
To amend H.R. 3603, by striking the price support program for sugar. (motion passed)
On Oct 15, 1981, the House voted 213–190 (HR 3603). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 117–112, Republicans 103–86, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 198 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
- 213
- No
- 190
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Oct 15, 1981
By party
- Republicans103 yes · 86 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats117 yes · 112 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted no
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA voted no
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- John Lowell Burton D-CA voted no
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted no
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
- Tony Coelho D-CA voted no
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted no
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted no
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted no
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA voted no
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
- William David Lowery R-CA voted no
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted no
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted no
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
And 118 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Fisher Railsback 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
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- 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
- 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
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-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
- 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
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh 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
- 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Bob Mcewen 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
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier 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
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson 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
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-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
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-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
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-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
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- 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
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-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
- 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
- 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer 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
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-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
- 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- 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
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-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
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-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
- 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
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- David Michael Staton R-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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