House roll call 436 · 98th Congress · Nov 8, 1983
To pass H. J. RES. 403. (motion failed)
On Nov 8, 1983, the House voted 203–206 (HJR 403). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 187–68, Republicans 16–139. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 84 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
- 203
- No
- 206
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Nov 8, 1983
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 139 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats187 yes · 68 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Jim Bates D-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI voted no
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY 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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH voted no
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH voted no
- James Robert Jones 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
- James Howard Weaver D-OR voted no
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
- Robert William Edgar D-PA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Jack English Hightower D-TX voted no
- William Neff Patman 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
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
- James R. Olin D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Tom Bevill 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
- 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
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. 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
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- 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 Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- 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
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- 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
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-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
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter 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
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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 Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- 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
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett 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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Henry John Hyde 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-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
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. 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
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- 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
- George William Crockett 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
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-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
- Norman Frederick Lent 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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-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 R. Olin D-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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