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House recorded vote (97th Congress) · July 21, 1981
H.R. 4034

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 4034, THE FISCAL 1982 APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPEMENT, BY REDUCING NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES BY $70 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED)

AmendmentBudget & spending
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 4034

July 10, 1981 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FO… · 326–7 July 17, 1981 · TO AMEND H.R. 4034, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR TH… · 202–162 July 17, 1981 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENTS EN BLOC TO H.R. 4034, … · 177–184 July 21, 1981 · TO PASS H.R. 4034, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE… · 362–54 July 30, 1981 · TO PASS H.R. 4034, MAKING FISCAL 1982 APPROPR… · 87–6 September 15, 1981 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 403… · 209–197
The map

How each state's members voted

In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 31 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 4 yes, 4 no
  10. Illinois: 6 yes, 18 no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 5 no
  12. Michigan: 3 yes, 16 no
  13. New York: 4 yes, 34 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 11 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 3 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 6 no
  21. Indiana: 3 yes, 8 no
  22. Ohio: 10 yes, 13 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 4 yes, 11 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 18 yes, 24 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 3 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 5 yes, 5 no
  31. Kentucky: 4 yes, 3 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 3 no
  33. Virginia: 9 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 7 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 3 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 5 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 6 no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 3 no
  42. South Carolina: 3 yes, 3 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 1 yes, 5 no
  45. Louisiana: 4 yes, 4 no
  46. Mississippi: 3 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 3 yes, 4 no
  48. Georgia: 3 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
  50. Texas: 12 yes, 12 no
  51. Florida: 5 yes, 10 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

California 18 yes, 24 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 4 yes, 34 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 434 members

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