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A bill to increase the Federal contribution for the Quadrennial Political Party Presidential National Nominating Conventions.

Public Law 98-355 · H.R. 5950 · 98th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jul 11, 1984 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski (D-IL-8)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 226 yea, 169 nay226–169
SenateVoice vote

Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 the payment from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to major political parties for presidential nominating conventions.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 98th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 226 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

226 yea169 nay38 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(199)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Sala BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Katie HallD-IN-1
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. Frank HarrisonD-PA-11
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-19
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-34
Rep. James McNultyD-AZ-5
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Charles BrittD-NC-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(27)

Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Edwin ZschauR-CA-12
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-14
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 769 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Committee on House Administration · House · referred to
Ways and Means Committee · House · referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.

Jul 11, 1984Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-355.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Jul 6, 1984PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Jun 29, 1984FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 226 - 169 (Record Vote No: 300).House roll call 300
FloorFloor · Rule Passed House.
Jun 28, 1984FloorFloor · Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for Consideration in the House; Waiving all Points of Order Against the Bill for Failure to Comply with the Provisions of Clause 5 (a), Rule XXI (Appropriation in a Legislative Bill).
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

Data notes

Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.