House roll call 471 · 100th Congress · Dec 18, 1987
To approve the house journal of thursday, december 17.
On Dec 18, 1987, the House voted 252–125. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 213–6, Republicans 39–119. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 members voted against their own party.
During the 100th Congress (1987–1988), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 252
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Dec 18, 1987
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 119 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats213 yes · 6 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
- 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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY 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
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted yes
- John Richard Kasich 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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- 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
- Sidney Wallace Morrison 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
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Richard Henry Lehman 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
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell 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
- James William Grant 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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- John R. Lewis 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
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo 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
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- James Prather Jontz 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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James McClure Clarke 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
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake 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
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-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
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer 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
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm 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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-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
- 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
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier 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
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly 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
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Jack Davis R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton 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
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema 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
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Ernest Leslie Konnyu R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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