House roll call 558 · 98th Congress · Apr 4, 1984
To amend H. CON. RES. 280 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The roemer substitute reduces the deficit by $225 billion over 3 years by cutting dom
On Apr 4, 1984, the House voted 59–338 (HCON 280). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–216, Republicans 33–123. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 59 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
- 59
- No
- 338
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 4, 1984
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 123 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 216 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA voted yes
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA voted yes
- William David Lowery R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Don Fuqua D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted yes
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA voted yes
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted yes
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted yes
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- William Webster Franklin R-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- James Robert Jones D-OK voted yes
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted yes
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
- Jack English Hightower D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted yes
- George William Whitehurst R-VA voted yes
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- 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
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- 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
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards 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
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Eugene A. Chappie R-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
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-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
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-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
- 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
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach 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
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran 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
- 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
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-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
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- 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
- 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
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-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
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- 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
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- 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
- 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
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-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
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. 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
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Lyle Williams 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
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-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
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-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
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas 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
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John McKee Spratt 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
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- 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
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-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
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman Sisisky 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
- Don Leroy Bonker D-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
- 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
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Other votes
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