To agree to the journal of wednesday, nov. 9, 1983. (motion passed)

On Nov 10, 1983, the House voted 351–31. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 215–17, Republicans 136–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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: 351
No: 31
Did not vote: 57
Date: Nov 10, 1983

By party

Republicans136 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats215 yes · 17 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL 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
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
William Herbert Gray III D-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
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 Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. 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
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
Daniel Schaefer 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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper 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
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-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
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules 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
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
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
Gene Taylor R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
William Webster Franklin R-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-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
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Bill Richardson D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
William Carney R-NY
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
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer 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
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-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
Michael Garver Oxley R-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
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
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-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
Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
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
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-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
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant 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
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Jack English Hightower D-TX
William Neff Patman D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
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
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
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
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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