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House recorded vote (97th Congress) · May 4, 1981
HCR115

Recorded vote

TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO CONSIDER H. CON. RES. 115. (MOTION AGREED TO)

Bill action
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
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HCR115

May 5, 1981 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FO… · 379–3 May 6, 1981 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FO… · 406–3 May 6, 1981 · TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE TO H. CON. RES. 115 … · 69–356 May 6, 1981 · TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE TO H. CON. RES. 115 … · 119–303 May 7, 1981 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FO… · 400–5 May 7, 1981 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT OF H. CON. RES. 115 … · 253–176 May 7, 1981 · TO AGREE TO H. CON. RES. 115, REVISING THE CO… · 270–154 May 13, 1981 · TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H. CON. RES. 115 TO … · 247–162 May 20, 1981 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. CON. … · 244–155
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 22 yes, 0 no, 17 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

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