House roll call 369 · 99th Congress · Nov 13, 1985
To approve H R 3721 temporary public debt limit increase, a bill that increase the national debt to no more than $1.904 trillion and lowers it back to $1.824 TR
On Nov 13, 1985, the House voted 300–121 (HR 3721). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 213–31, Republicans 88–90. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 119 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
- 300
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Nov 13, 1985
By party
- Republicans88 yes · 90 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats213 yes · 31 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR voted no
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- William David Lowery R-CA voted yes
- Jim Bates D-CA voted no
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted yes
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted yes
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted yes
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
- Bill Schuette R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- William Martin Hendon R-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- William Carney R-NY voted yes
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY voted no
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
And 39 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- 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
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-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
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-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
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-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
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- 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
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-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
- Stephen Joshua Solarz 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
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-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
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar 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
- 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-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
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka 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
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau 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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-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
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Grotberg R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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