To approve the journal of thursday, oct. 27, 1983. (motion passed)

On Oct 28, 1983, the House voted 298–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 178–12, Republicans 120–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 298
No: 21
Did not vote: 120
Date: Oct 28, 1983

By party

Republicans120 yes · 9 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats178 yes · 12 no · 82 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Richard C. Shelby D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
Eugene A. Chappie R-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
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Connie Mack III R-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
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Barney Frank D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
William Webster Franklin R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
William John Hughes D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
William Carney R-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
George William Gekas 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
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath 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
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Don Leroy Bonker 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
Robert William Kastenmeier 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
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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