House roll call 285 · 99th Congress · Sep 20, 1985
Motion to approve the house journal of september 19. (motion passed)
On Sep 20, 1985, the House voted 192–105. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 155–8, Republicans 39–97. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 192
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 140
- Date
- Sep 20, 1985
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 97 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats155 yes · 8 no · 94 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- William Webster Franklin R-MS voted yes
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted yes
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted yes
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney 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
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith 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
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-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
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Gene Taylor 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
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar 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
- 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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- 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
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm 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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- 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
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- John Rowland R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. 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
- Henry John Hyde 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
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts 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
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Carney R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman 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
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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