To approve the journal of tuesday, july 28, 1981. (motion agreed to)

On Jul 29, 1981, the House voted 350–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 188–14, Republicans 162–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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: 350
No: 24
Did not vote: 68
Date: Jul 29, 1981

By party

Republicans162 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats188 yes · 14 no · 44 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL voted no
Paul Findley R-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
James Michael Shannon D-MA voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA voted no
David Michael Staton R-WV 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
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
Donald Holst Clausen R-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
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
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
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn 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
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Harold Washington D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
John Thomas Myers 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
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III 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
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
John Joseph Moakley 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
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
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
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
R. Wendell Bailey 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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
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
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
William Carney R-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
John Leboutillier R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-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
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell 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
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
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
Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook 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
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
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster 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
Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
Douglas Walgren 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
Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
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
Clint Ronald Roberts R-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
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Mitchell Collins R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields 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
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks 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
Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-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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