House roll call 324 · 99th Congress · Oct 16, 1985
To approve the house journal of october 15.
On Oct 16, 1985, the House voted 242–103. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 192–7, Republicans 52–96. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 242
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Oct 16, 1985
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 96 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats192 yes · 7 no · 58 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
- Howard Curtis Nielson 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
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-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 David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison 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
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
- 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
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats 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
- 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
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- 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
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Fred J. Eckert 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- 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
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. 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
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman 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
- 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau 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
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Grotberg R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Larry Jones Hopkins 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe 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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg 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
- 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
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- 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
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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