House roll call 310 · 98th Congress · Aug 4, 1983
To agree to H. RES. 283, the rule for consideration of H.R. 3520, a bill extending and improving the rehabilitation act of 1973; to provide for the operation of
On Aug 4, 1983, the House voted 251–137 (HR 3520). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 223–12, Republicans 28–125. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 251
- No
- 137
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Aug 4, 1983
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 125 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats223 yes · 12 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL voted yes
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Lyle Williams R-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted no
- George William Whitehurst R-VA voted yes
- James R. Olin D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson 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
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-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
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard 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
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin 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
- James Charles Slattery D-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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. 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 McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith 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
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz 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
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-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
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-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
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-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
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- 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
- 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
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham 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
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) 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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-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
- Robert Henry Michel 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
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- James R. Olin 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
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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