Motion to approve the house journal of july 31, 1985. (motion passed)

On Aug 1, 1985, the House voted 272–125. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 224–7, Republicans 48–118. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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: 272
No: 125
Did not vote: 42
Date: Aug 1, 1985

By party

Republicans48 yes · 118 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats224 yes · 7 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
John Rowland R-CT voted yes
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
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
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
William Webster Franklin R-MS voted yes
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted yes
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo 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
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
Bob Mcewen R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted yes
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
Claudine Schneider R-RI 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
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
George William Whitehurst R-VA voted yes
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Eldon Dean Rudd 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
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-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
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. 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
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) 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
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Wyche Fowler Jr. 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
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-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
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
Lane Allen Evans 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
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
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin 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
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
John Conyers Jr. D-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
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-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
William Webster Franklin R-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-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
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
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo 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
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
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
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
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease 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
Louis Stokes D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
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
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-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
Ed Jones D-TN
Charles Wilson 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
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney 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
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
James Vear Hansen R-UT
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
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
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
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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