House roll call 286 · 99th Congress · Sep 20, 1985
To approve H RES 266, a rule leading to floor consideration H R 3248 which provides funding for the national endowment for the arts, the national endowment for
On Sep 20, 1985, the House voted 181–148 (HR 3248). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 164–20, Republicans 21–131. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 181
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Sep 20, 1985
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 131 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats164 yes · 20 no · 73 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted no
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted yes
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted yes
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Sala Galante Burton 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
- 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
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka 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
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-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
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Gus Yatron 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
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman 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 Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley 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
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- 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
- 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
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- John Rowland R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-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
- James Thomas Broyhill 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
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster 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
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest 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
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William 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
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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