House roll call 187 · 99th Congress · Jun 27, 1985
To amend H R 1872 to link military pay raises with civilian pay raises. (motion failed)
On Jun 27, 1985, the House voted 122–281 (HR 1872). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 99–134, Republicans 24–147. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 123 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
- 122
- No
- 281
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 27, 1985
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 147 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats99 yes · 134 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Morris King Udall D-AZ voted yes
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA voted yes
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA voted yes
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted yes
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT voted yes
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY voted yes
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted yes
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI voted yes
- William David Ford D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO voted yes
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE voted yes
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- James John Howard D-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted yes
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
And 43 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander 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
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- 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
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-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
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- 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
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-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
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- John Rowland R-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-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
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Grotberg R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-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
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- 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
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-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
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson 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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-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
- 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
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-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
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-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
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. 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
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-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
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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