House roll call 284 · 97th Congress · Nov 16, 1981
To agree to H.RES. 271, the rule for consideration of H.J.RES. 357, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982. (motion agreed to)
On Nov 16, 1981, the House voted 197–169 (HRES 271). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 177–38, Republicans 35–147, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 197
- No
- 169
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Nov 16, 1981
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 147 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats177 yes · 38 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted no
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted yes
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY voted yes
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY voted no
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH voted yes
- John William Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Lyle Williams R-OH voted yes
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
- Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted yes
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA voted yes
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA 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
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller 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
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-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
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. 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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck 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
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman 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
- Frederick William Richmond 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
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-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
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-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
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-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
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-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
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- 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
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-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
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- David Michael Staton R-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Other votes
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