To approve the house journal of friday, nov. 13. (motion agreed to)

On Nov 16, 1981, the House voted 302–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 159–5, Republicans 145–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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: 302
No: 8
Did not vote: 129
Date: Nov 16, 1981

By party

Republicans145 yes · 3 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats159 yes · 5 no · 82 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL 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
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA 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
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
Robert Lee Stump D-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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos 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
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal 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
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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas 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
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
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-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
Thomas Joseph Corcoran 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
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
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts 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
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
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
James Whitney Dunn R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
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
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
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
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-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
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
John Leboutillier R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-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
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
Thomas Andrew Luken D-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
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Louis Stokes 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
Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar 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
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-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
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
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
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-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
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
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
Stanford E. Parris 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
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
David Ross Obey D-WI
Toby A. Roth 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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