To approve the house journal of thursday, nov. 19. (motion agreed to)

On Nov 20, 1981, the House voted 323–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 178–7, Republicans 144–10, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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: 323
No: 17
Did not vote: 102
Date: Nov 20, 1981

By party

Republicans144 yes · 10 no · 41 didn’t vote
Democrats178 yes · 7 no · 61 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-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
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
George Miller 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
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
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-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
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
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
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
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
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Martin Anthony Russo D-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
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Daniel Ray Coats R-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
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. 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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland 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
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-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
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
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith 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
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
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
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari 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
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley 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
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-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
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
James Robert Jones D-OK
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy 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
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
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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
John Light Napier R-SC
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-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
William Neff Patman D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland 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
James Vear Hansen R-UT
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
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf 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
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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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