House roll call 91 · 99th Congress · May 8, 1985
To approve the journal of tuesday, may 7, 1985. (motion passed)
On May 8, 1985, the House voted 259–157. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 232–9, Republicans 28–148. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 259
- No
- 157
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 8, 1985
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 148 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats232 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted yes
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- William Webster Franklin R-MS voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. 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
- 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
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco 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
- Richard Henry Lehman 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
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-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
- 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
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-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
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-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
- 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
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-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
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton 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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. 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
- 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. 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
- 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
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker 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
- 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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Edwin Van Wyck Zschau 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
- 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
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Michael Lathrop Strang R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis 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
- 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton 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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- John Rettie Mckernan Jr. R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor 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
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Fred J. Eckert R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- 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
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- David Smith Monson R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Alton R. Waldon Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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