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House recorded vote (99th Congress) · February 21, 1985

Recorded vote

TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1985. (MOTION PASSED)

Other
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The map

How each state's members voted

In 5 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 37 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 0 yes, 1 no
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 4 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 4 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 9 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 8 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 15 yes, 11 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 7 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 3 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 10 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 9 yes, 8 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 8 yes, 6 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 18 yes, 11 no, 16 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 3 no
  30. Missouri: 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 3 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 4 yes, 6 no
  34. Maryland: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 1 yes, 2 no
  38. Kansas: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 5 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 4 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 4 yes, 3 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 6 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  50. Texas: 12 yes, 8 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 9 yes, 5 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 0 yes, 1 no

Arizona 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

California 18 yes, 11 no, 16 did not vote yes or no

Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 433 members

Select any member to pull their file.