House roll call 492 · 98th Congress · Nov 17, 1983
To agree to speaker's approval of the journal of thursday, november 17, 1983. (procedural motion passed)
On Nov 17, 1983, the House voted 335–33. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 209–11, Republicans 126–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 335
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Nov 17, 1983
By party
- Republicans126 yes · 22 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats209 yes · 11 no · 52 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-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
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-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
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- 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
- 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
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- 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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-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
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- 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
- Gene Taylor 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
- 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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-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
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo 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
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley 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
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar 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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Frank Girard Harrison D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-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
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath 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
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul 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
- 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-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
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols 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
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Harold Washington D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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