To approve the house journal of thursday may 20, 1982. (motion passed)

On May 21, 1982, the House voted 295–32. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 175–7, Republicans 120–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 32 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: 295
No: 32
Did not vote: 115
Date: May 21, 1982

By party

Republicans120 yes · 25 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats175 yes · 7 no · 64 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Harold Washington D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
William Martin Hendon R-NC voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
John Leboutillier R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula 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
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA 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
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
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
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
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-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
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-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
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
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
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Robert Henry Michel 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
John Thomas Myers 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
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
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
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long 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
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
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron 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
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
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
Richard Walker Bolling 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
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
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
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner 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
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
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-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
Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo 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
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
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
David O'Brien Martin 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
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Edward Ford Weber R-OH
Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Michael Lynn Synar 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
William Herbert Gray III 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
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-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
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
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
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
William Reynolds Archer 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
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
George William Whitehurst R-VA
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
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
David Michael Staton R-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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