House roll call 107 · 98th Congress · May 12, 1983
To amend H.R. 2587 to provide $5 million in funding for construction of a national center for chemical research at columbia university. (motion passed)
On May 12, 1983, the House voted 215–150 (HR 2587). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 196–29, Republicans 19–121. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 215
- No
- 150
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- May 12, 1983
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 121 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats196 yes · 29 no · 47 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
- William Neff Patman D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX voted no
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin 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
- 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger 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
- 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
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- 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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- 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
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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