To approve the house journal of monday, nov. 16. (motion agreed to)

On Nov 17, 1981, the House voted 301–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 160–14, Republicans 142–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 39 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: 301
No: 39
Did not vote: 101
Date: Nov 17, 1981

By party

Republicans142 yes · 25 no · 28 didn’t vote
Democrats160 yes · 14 no · 72 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
George Miller 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
Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Henry B. González D-TX voted no
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-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
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
Donald Holst Clausen R-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
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead 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
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-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
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
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Harold Washington D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins 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
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
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Huey Joel Deckard 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
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
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Barney Frank 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
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-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
Gene Taylor R-MO
R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-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
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
William Martin Hendon R-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
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
James Andrew Courter R-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
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-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
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. 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
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
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
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
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
James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
James Leo Nelligan 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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
John Light Napier R-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson 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 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
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-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
Toby A. Roth 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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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