House roll call 419 · 99th Congress · Dec 16, 1985
Motion to approve the journal of december 12, 1985. (motion passed)
On Dec 16, 1985, the House voted 241–121. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 199–10, Republicans 44–111. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 241
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Dec 16, 1985
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 111 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats199 yes · 10 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William Henson Moore III R-LA voted yes
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD voted no
- Carl Duane Pursell 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 Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- William Webster Franklin R-MS voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY voted yes
- Jack French Kemp 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
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter 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
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI 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
- 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
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- George Miller 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
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto 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
- 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
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes 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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. 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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- William Webster Franklin R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-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
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
- 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
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-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
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-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
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- 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
- 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
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-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
- 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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau 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
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- John Rowland R-CT
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- 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
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- 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
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Gus Savage D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Catherine Small Long D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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