House roll call 106 · 99th Congress · May 15, 1985
To adjourn. (motion failed)
On May 15, 1985, the House voted 65–331. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–223, Republicans 64–110. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 65 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
- 65
- No
- 331
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 15, 1985
By party
- Republicans64 yes · 110 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 223 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA voted yes
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted yes
- William David Lowery R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- John Grotberg R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted yes
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted yes
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted yes
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted yes
- George William Whitehurst R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Philip Miller Crane 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
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- 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
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-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
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-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
- 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-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
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-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
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-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
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-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
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby 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
- 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
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- 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
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-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
- Guy Victor Molinari 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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman 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
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness 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
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden 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
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer 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
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- 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
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- 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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. 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
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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