House roll call 370 · 99th Congress · Nov 13, 1985
To approve H R 6 water resources conservation, development and infrastructure, a bill that funds projects to improve methods of conserving water. (motion passed
On Nov 13, 1985, the House voted 358–60 (HR 6). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 225–17, Republicans 135–44. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 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
- 358
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Nov 13, 1985
By party
- Republicans135 yes · 44 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats225 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA voted no
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- Jim Bates D-CA voted no
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted no
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA voted no
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- John Grotberg R-IL voted no
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted no
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI voted no
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC voted no
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted no
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY voted no
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH voted no
- James Howard Weaver D-OR voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted no
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Eugene A. Chappie R-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
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead 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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. 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
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Michael Lathrop Strang 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
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua 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
- 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
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- 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
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-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
- 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
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo 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
- 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- 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
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-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
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-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
- 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
- John Joseph Lafalce D-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
- Michael Dewine 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
- 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
- Mary Rose Oakar 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-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
- 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
- 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
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields 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
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-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 Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Grotberg R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- William Wilfred Cobey Jr. R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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