House roll call 352 · 97th Congress · Dec 16, 1981
To adjourn. (motion failed).
On Dec 16, 1981, the House voted 73–249 (HR 5274). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–151, Republicans 53–98. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 73
- No
- 249
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- Dec 16, 1981
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 98 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 151 no · 75 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA voted yes
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI voted yes
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted yes
- William Martin Hendon R-NC voted yes
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted yes
- John Leboutillier R-NY voted yes
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted yes
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC voted yes
- John Light Napier R-SC voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- James Albon Mattox D-TX voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted yes
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted yes
- David Michael Staton R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins 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
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- David Michael Staton R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-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
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- 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
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- 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
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans 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
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts 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
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- James Michael Shannon 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-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
- 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
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill 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
- 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
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-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
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia 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
- 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
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-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
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-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
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-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
- 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
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- James David Santini D-NV
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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