House roll call 823 · 98th Congress · Aug 9, 1984
To amend H.R. 5640 to strike language providing for citizen suits. (motion failed)
On Aug 9, 1984, the House voted 141–248 (HR 5640). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–203, Republicans 108–49. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 86 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
- 141
- No
- 248
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Aug 9, 1984
By party
- Republicans108 yes · 49 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 203 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted yes
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted yes
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted no
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO voted yes
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Mario Biaggi D-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted no
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted yes
- John Richard Kasich R-OH voted no
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
- Lyle Williams R-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted yes
- James R. Olin D-VA voted yes
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
And 6 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas 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
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery 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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Tommy (Tom) Joe Vandergriff D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- 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
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- James Francis Mcnulty Jr. D-AZ
- 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
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson 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
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. 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
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo 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
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-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
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee 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
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Charles Robin Britt D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- 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
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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
- 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
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-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
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta 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
- 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
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka 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
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Harold Washington D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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