House roll call 105 · 99th Congress · May 15, 1985
To approve the journal of tuesday, may 14, 1985. (motion passed)
On May 15, 1985, the House voted 213–158. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 199–8, Republicans 16–151. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 24 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
- 213
- No
- 158
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- May 15, 1985
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 151 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats199 yes · 8 no · 50 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY 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
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan 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
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- 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 Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica 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
- 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
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell 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
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray 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
- Jan Meyers R-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
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Catherine Small 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
- 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-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
- 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
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-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
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. 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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Henry B. González D-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
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. 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
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren 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
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer 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
- 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
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-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
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis 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
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- William S. Broomfield 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
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- 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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- 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
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-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
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
- 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
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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