House roll call 485 · 98th Congress · Nov 17, 1983
To approve the journal of wednesday, nov. 16, 1983. (motion passed)
On Nov 17, 1983, the House voted 356–34. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 226–12, Republicans 131–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 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
- 356
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Nov 17, 1983
By party
- Republicans131 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats226 yes · 12 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL 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
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William S. Broomfield 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
- 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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer 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
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- 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
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-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
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mark Deli Siljander R-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
- 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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-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
- 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
- Manuel Luján Jr. 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
- 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
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel 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
- 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
- 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
- Michael Garver Oxley 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
- 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
- Lyle Williams R-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
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-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
- 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
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker 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
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-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
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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