To approve the journal of monday, may 23, 1983. (motion passed)

On May 24, 1983, the House voted 370–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 225–5, Republicans 145–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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: 370
No: 17
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 24, 1983

By party

Republicans145 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats225 yes · 5 no · 42 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY 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
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX 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
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
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
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
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer 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
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
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
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
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
John Patrick Hiler R-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
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
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
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-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
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
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
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
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley 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 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
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
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-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
Guy Victor Molinari 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
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
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
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
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
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. 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
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
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
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
John Wiley Bryant D-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
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
James Vear Hansen R-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
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
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-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
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

Phillip Burton D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Robert Edward Badham R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Don Fuqua D-FL
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Harold Washington D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James John Howard D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
James Robert Jones D-OK
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To approve the journal of monday, may 23…: House Vote, May 24, 1983,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/98-H-122/to-approve-the-journal-of-monday-may-23-1983 (accessed 2026-10-17).