House roll call 267 · 99th Congress · Sep 5, 1985
Motion to approve the house journal of september 4, 1985. (motion passed)
On Sep 5, 1985, the House voted 231–100. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 186–7, Republicans 47–93. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 members voted against their own party.
During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 231
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Sep 5, 1985
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 93 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats186 yes · 7 no · 64 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted yes
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- George William Whitehurst R-VA voted yes
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Barbara Boxer 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland 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
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Edward John Markey 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler 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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton 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
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan 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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- 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
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer 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
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Grotberg R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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