To agree to that portion of the wright amendment to H. J. RES. 403 which provides an additional $1.7 million to carry out the national technical institute for t

On Nov 8, 1983, the House voted 257–150 (HJR 403). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 225–29, Republicans 32–121. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 257
No: 150
Did not vote: 32
Date: Nov 8, 1983

By party

Republicans32 yes · 121 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats225 yes · 29 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted yes
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted yes
Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL voted yes
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME voted yes
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
James Robert Jones D-OK voted no
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted yes
Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted no
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
James R. Olin D-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

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
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
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
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Richard Ratchford D-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Don Fuqua D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-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
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
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
Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-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
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin 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
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
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler 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
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
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes 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
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-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
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Ralph Straus Regula 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
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
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-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
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-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
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
William Neff Patman D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-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
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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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