To amend HR 4264, fiscal 1989 defense authorization, to alter the davis-bacon act requiring federal contractors to pay workers locally competitive wages by exem

On May 3, 1988, the House voted 204–210 (HR 4264). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 54–192, Republicans 153–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 204
No: 210
Did not vote: 20
Date: May 3, 1988

By party

Republicans153 yes · 22 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats54 yes · 192 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted yes
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR voted yes
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted no
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
John Rowland R-CT voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
James William Grant D-FL voted yes
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted yes
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL voted yes
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson 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
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted yes
Jack Davis R-IL voted no
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
James McClure Clarke D-NC voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted yes
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted no
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted yes
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted yes
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
Ed Jones D-TN voted yes
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
James R. Olin D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-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
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier 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
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-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
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
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-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
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
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
Romano Louis Mazzoli 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
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Constance A. Morella R-MD
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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-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
Howard Coble R-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith 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
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley 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
David Keith Mccurdy 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
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
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
James Henry Quillen R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Jim Chapman 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
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
James R. Olin D-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
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander 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
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-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
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
John Rowland R-CT
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
John R. Lewis D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Jack Davis 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
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin 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
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
James Allison Hayes 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
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-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
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
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
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes 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
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath 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
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
Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton 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
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
Michael Lynn Synar 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
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
Owen Bradford Pickett 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
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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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