House roll call 346 · 97th Congress · Dec 16, 1981
To approve the house journal of tuesday, dec. 15. (motion passed).
On Dec 16, 1981, the House voted 200–171. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 128–73, Republicans 72–98. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 145 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
- 200
- No
- 171
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Dec 16, 1981
By party
- Republicans72 yes · 98 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats128 yes · 73 no · 45 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ voted yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO voted no
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted yes
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- Robert Mcclory R-IL voted yes
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL voted yes
- Paul Findley R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted yes
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN voted no
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN voted no
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA voted no
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI voted no
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI voted no
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted yes
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
And 65 more.
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
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Harold Washington D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn 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
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder 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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- 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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen 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
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti 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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Mitchell Collins 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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- 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
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron 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
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. 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
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-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
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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