To approve the house journal of wednesday, dec. 8, 1982. (motion passed)

On Dec 9, 1982, the House voted 340–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 192–10, Republicans 147–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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: 340
No: 18
Did not vote: 84
Date: Dec 9, 1982

By party

Republicans147 yes · 8 no · 40 didn’t vote
Democrats192 yes · 10 no · 44 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
George Miller D-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
Harold Washington D-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Flynt Nichols D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Billy Lee Evans D-GA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
David Farnham Emery R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
John Leboutillier R-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Tennyson Guyer R-OH
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
John James Duncan R-TN
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
James Albon Mattox D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the house journal of wednesday…: House Vote, Dec 9, 1982,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/97-H-754/to-approve-the-house-journal-of-wednesday-dec-8 (accessed 2026-10-17).