To agree to S. CON. RES. 126, providing for a recess of the house until wednesday, nov. 12, 1980. (motion passed)

On Oct 1, 1980, the House voted 230–173 (SCR 126). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 231–21, Republicans 0–152. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 21 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: 230
No: 173
Did not vote: 36
Date: Oct 1, 1980

By party

Republicans0 yes · 152 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats231 yes · 21 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ voted no
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Raphael John Musto D-PA voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. 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
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Lionel Van Deerlin D-CA
William Ross Cotter D-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Edward John Stack D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Bennett McVey Stewart D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo 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
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
John Brademas D-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-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
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
David Reece Bowen D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-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
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D-NC
John Joseph Cavanaugh D-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
James David Santini D-NV
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal 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
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-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
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-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
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-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
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Guiher Hutchinson D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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