To agree to that portion of the wright amendment to H. J. RES. 403 which provides $145.0 million for carrying out emergency immigrant education assistance under

On Nov 8, 1983, the House voted 208–203 (HJR 403). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 197–57, Republicans 11–146. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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: 208
No: 203
Did not vote: 28
Date: Nov 8, 1983

By party

Republicans11 yes · 146 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats197 yes · 57 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted no
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL voted no
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
William Huston Natcher D-KY voted no
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS voted no
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH voted no
William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM 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
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH voted no
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Les Aucoin D-OR voted no
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA voted no
Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
William Hill Boner D-TN voted no
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
Ed Jones D-TN voted no
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Sala Galante Burton 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
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-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
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally 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
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson 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
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins 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
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
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
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long 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
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Donald Joseph Albosta D-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
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
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-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
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
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
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
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
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
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
James R. Olin D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-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

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
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-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
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas 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 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
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Connie Mack III R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-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
Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
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
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
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
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
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
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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
Robert Anton Young III D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
William Webster Franklin R-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
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
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
William John Hughes D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
William Carney R-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath 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
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade 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
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
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
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
David Daniel Marriott R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
George William Whitehurst R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-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
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI

Did not vote

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