House roll call 112 · 97th Congress · Jul 9, 1981
To amend H.R. 3519, by reinstating the requirement of a reduction in the number of senior-grade civilian employees in the department of defense. (motion failed
On Jul 9, 1981, the House voted 142–249 (HR 3519). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 116–103, Republicans 26–148, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 129 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
- 142
- No
- 249
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jul 9, 1981
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 148 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats116 yes · 103 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Phillip Burton D-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted no
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- John G. Fary D-IL voted no
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY voted no
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- Gillis William Long D-LA voted no
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted yes
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted no
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted yes
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI voted no
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN voted yes
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- David Reece Bowen D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted no
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- James John Howard D-NJ voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- James David Santini D-NV voted no
And 49 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Barney Frank D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie 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
- 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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- 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
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney 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
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland 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
- 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
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins 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
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-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
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- 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
- R. Wendell Bailey R-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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-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
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-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
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-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
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-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
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- 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
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- David Michael Staton R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Other votes
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