House roll call 424 · 98th Congress · Nov 4, 1983
To adjourn. (motion failed)
On Nov 4, 1983, the House voted 99–120. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–121, Republicans 87–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 14 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
- 99
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 217
- Date
- Nov 4, 1983
By party
- Republicans87 yes · 1 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 121 no · 138 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- 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
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey 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
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Edward John Markey 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
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel 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
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift 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
Did not vote
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel 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
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-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
- William Webster Franklin R-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
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- 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
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- 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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick 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
- 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
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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