To agree to H. RES. 178, a measure disapproving the President's deferral of $8.7 million in budget authority for fossil energy research and development. (motion

On May 26, 1983, the House voted 265–121 (HRE 178). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 215–18, Republicans 51–103. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 69 members voted against their own party.

During the 98th Congress (1983–1984), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 265
No: 121
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 26, 1983

By party

Republicans51 yes · 103 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats215 yes · 18 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted yes
George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted yes
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Lyle Williams R-OH voted yes
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted yes
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
Stanford E. Parris R-VA voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA voted yes
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Gus Savage D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Bill Richardson D-NM
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
William Neff Patman D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Norman Sisisky D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Harold Washington D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Gene Taylor R-MO
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Harry Reid D-NV
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to H. RES. 178, a measure…: House Vote, May 26, 1983,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/98-H-135/to-agree-to-h-res-178-a-measure-disapproving (accessed 2026-10-17).