To pass H.R. 7115, national science foundation appropriations for fiscal 1981. (motion passed)

On Sep 4, 1980, the House voted 314–55 (HR 7115). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 220–16, Republicans 96–39. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 55 members voted against their own party.

During the 96th Congress (1979–1980), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 314
No: 55
Did not vote: 69
Date: Sep 4, 1980

By party

Republicans96 yes · 39 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats220 yes · 16 no · 44 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR voted no
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Daniel Edward Lungren 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
Richard Kelly R-FL voted no
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted no
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Richard Howard Ichord II D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Gary Alcide Lee R-NY voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Tony Coelho D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
Keith George Sebelius R-KS
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Anthony Claude (Buddy) Leach Jr. D-LA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
David Alan Stockman R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Michael Joseph (Ozzie) Myers D-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
James Albon Mattox D-TX
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Toby A. Roth R-WI
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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