To approve the journal of thursday, sept. 13, 1984. (motion passed)

On Sep 14, 1984, the House voted 250–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 151–7, Republicans 99–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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: 250
No: 16
Did not vote: 173
Date: Sep 14, 1984

By party

Republicans99 yes · 9 no · 59 didn’t vote
Democrats151 yes · 7 no · 114 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID 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
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Timothy Joseph Penny 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
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Richard C. Shelby D-AL
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino 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
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. 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
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins 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
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
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
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-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
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery 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
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Bill Richardson D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
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
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
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
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula 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
Ronald Lee Wyden 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
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-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
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-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
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Kent Ronald Hance 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
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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

William Flynt Nichols D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-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
Phillip Burton D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Don Fuqua D-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Harold Washington D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
James Michael Shannon D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-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
William David Ford D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
William Webster Franklin R-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
William Carney R-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Lyle Williams R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Les Aucoin D-OR
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost 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
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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