To approve the journal of tuesday, may 3, 1983. (motion passed)

On May 4, 1983, the House voted 361–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 228–9, Republicans 133–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 361
No: 21
Did not vote: 57
Date: May 4, 1983

By party

Republicans133 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats228 yes · 9 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-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
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
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
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
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-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
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
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
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
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
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Thomas Joseph Corcoran 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
Philip Riley Sharp D-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
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-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
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-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
Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-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
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
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
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-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
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-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
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Charles Robin Britt D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
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
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema 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
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
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-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
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
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley 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
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
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
John Frederick Seiberling 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
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
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
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
Joseph Matthew Gaydos 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
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
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
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-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
Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz 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
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
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
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
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
Phillip Burton D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
George Vernon Hansen R-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Harold Washington D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Gene Taylor R-MO
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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