To approve the house journal of monday, sept. 14, 1981. (motion passed)

On Sep 15, 1981, the House voted 366–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 201–9, Republicans 167–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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: 366
No: 12
Did not vote: 62
Date: Sep 15, 1981

By party

Republicans167 yes · 3 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats201 yes · 9 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-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
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
John Lowell Burton 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
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-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
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-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
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto 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
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
William Lehman D-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
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Harold Washington D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-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
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
Paul Findley R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. 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
Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
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
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
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules 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
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
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta 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
James Johnston Blanchard 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
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
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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-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
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
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
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
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
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
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser D-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
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-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
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-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
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
James Kitchenman Coyne III R-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
Douglas Walgren 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
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
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
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
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
James Albon Mattox D-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
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm 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
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
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
Michael Edward Lowry 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
Toby A. Roth R-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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the house journal of monday…: House Vote, Sep 15, 1981,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/97-H-189/to-approve-the-house-journal-of-monday-sept-14 (accessed 2026-10-17).