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House recorded vote (98th Congress) · May 4, 1983
HJR13

Recorded vote

TO RECOMMIT H. J. RES. 13 TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. (MOTION FAILED)

Bill actionForeign affairs
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HJR13

The map

How each state's members voted

In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 31 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 8 no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 3 yes, 5 no
  10. Illinois: 9 yes, 12 no
  11. Wisconsin: 3 yes, 6 no
  12. Michigan: 4 yes, 13 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 11 yes, 23 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 3 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 6 no
  21. Indiana: 5 yes, 5 no
  22. Ohio: 10 yes, 11 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 17 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 12 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 6 no
  26. California: 16 yes, 26 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 3 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 4 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 3 yes, 6 no
  31. Kentucky: 4 yes, 3 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 4 no
  33. Virginia: 8 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 5 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 3 yes, 2 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 1 no
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 3 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 4 yes, 5 no
  41. North Carolina: 4 yes, 7 no
  42. South Carolina: 3 yes, 3 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 3 yes, 3 no
  45. Louisiana: 6 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 3 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 7 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
  50. Texas: 17 yes, 10 no
  51. Florida: 10 yes, 9 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

California 16 yes, 26 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 433 members

Select any member to pull their file.