To pass HJ RES 444, contra aid, a resolution to approve the President's request for military and non-military aid to the contras.

On Feb 3, 1988, the House voted 211–219. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 47–207, Republicans 164–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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: 211
No: 219
Did not vote: 11
Date: Feb 3, 1988

By party

Republicans164 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 207 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted yes
Ben Erdreich D-AL voted yes
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted yes
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
James William Grant D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL voted yes
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted yes
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted yes
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Paul B. Henry R-MI voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted yes
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes

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
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
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
Ernest Leslie Konnyu R-CA
Norman David Shumway 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
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
John Rowland R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant 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
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
Connie Mack III R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith 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
Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Patricia Saiki R-HI
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Jack Davis R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-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
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Bill Schuette R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
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
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo 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
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. 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
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
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
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
John R. Lewis D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
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
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski 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
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs 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
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
Paul B. Henry R-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
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. 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
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-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
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
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert 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
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
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
Gus Yatron D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-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
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman 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
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
James R. Olin D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
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
David Ross Obey D-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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