House roll call 271 · 97th Congress · Oct 29, 1981
To approve the house journal of wednesday, oct. 28. (motion agreed to)
On Oct 29, 1981, the House voted 346–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 181–5, Republicans 165–7, Independents 1–0. 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
- 346
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Oct 29, 1981
By party
- Republicans165 yes · 7 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats181 yes · 5 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-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
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins 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
- 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
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-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
- 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
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-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
- 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
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan 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
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-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
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- 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
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-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
- 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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-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
- 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
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer 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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. 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
- 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
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron 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
- 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
- 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
- James Mitchell Collins R-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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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