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House recorded vote (97th Congress) · December 10, 1981
SJR115

Recorded vote

TO PASS S.J.RES. 115, APPROVING THE PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A WAIVE OF LAW PURSUANT TO THE ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1976, THEREBY ALLOWING CONSUMERS TO BE PREBILLED, I.E., TO START PAYIN…

PassageEnergy & environment
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.

The map

How each state's members voted

In 16 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 27 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 6 yes, 1 no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 5 yes, 3 no
  10. Illinois: 3 yes, 21 no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 7 no
  12. Michigan: 4 yes, 15 no
  13. New York: 18 yes, 21 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: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 3 yes, 19 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 17 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 4 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 4 no
  26. California: 32 yes, 11 no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 4 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 6 yes, 4 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 6 no
  32. West Virginia: 3 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 4 yes, 4 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: 3 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 6 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 6 yes, 5 no
  42. South Carolina: 4 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 7 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 4 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 22 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 11 yes, 4 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 32 yes, 11 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 18 yes, 21 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 434 members

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