House roll call 766 · 97th Congress · Dec 13, 1982
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 7044, a bill to strengthen the investigatory and enforcement powers of the postal service (motion passed;2/3 required)
On Dec 13, 1982, the House voted 320–61 (HR 7044). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 194–17, Republicans 125–45, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 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
- 320
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Dec 13, 1982
By party
- Republicans125 yes · 45 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats194 yes · 17 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted no
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- James Michael Shannon D-MA voted no
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI voted no
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO voted no
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted no
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY voted no
- John Leboutillier R-NY voted no
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY voted no
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted no
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted no
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH voted no
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted no
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX voted no
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted no
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA voted no
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA voted no
- David Michael Staton R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- 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
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett 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
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- 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
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-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
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian 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
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-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
- 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
- Edward John Markey 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
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- 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
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-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
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe 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
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-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
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari 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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-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
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Edward Ford Weber 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
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- James Albon Mattox 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
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- 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
- 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
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath 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
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- David Michael Staton R-WV
Did not vote
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
Other votes
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