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House recorded vote (97th Congress) · May 7, 1981
HCR115

Recorded vote

TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF 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 4, 1981 · TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO CON… · 334–2 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 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 44 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 7 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 7 yes, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 22 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 8 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 16 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 35 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 11 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 5 yes, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 11 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 20 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 22 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 14 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 41 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 5 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 7 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 10 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 6 yes, 1 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, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 10 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 7 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 10 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  50. Texas: 22 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 15 yes, 0 no

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

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

California 41 yes, 0 no, 2 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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 35 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 3 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 — 431 members

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