To approve the journal of tuesday, nov. 15, 1983. (motion passed)

On Nov 16, 1983, the House voted 335–59. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 222–19, Republicans 113–40. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 335
No: 59
Did not vote: 45
Date: Nov 16, 1983

By party

Republicans113 yes · 40 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats222 yes · 19 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eugene A. Chappie R-CA voted no
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted no
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL voted no
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN 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
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE voted no
James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted no
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
William Herbert Gray III D-PA voted no
Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY 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
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Sala Galante Burton 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
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-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
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-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
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
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
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-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
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
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
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Philip Riley Sharp D-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
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-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
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron 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
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
David Edward Bonior D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-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
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-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
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III 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
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
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
William Carney R-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo 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
Robert Garcia 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
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-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
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar 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
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron 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
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-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
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
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
William Reynolds Archer 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
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul 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
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
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
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Jim Moody 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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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