To amend HR 4264, fiscal 1989 defense authorization, to establish an inspection and non-explosive testing program to prepare for a possible nuclear test ban tre

On May 11, 1988, the House voted 201–220 (HR 4264). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 194–54, Republicans 8–167. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 201
No: 220
Did not vote: 18
Date: May 11, 1988

By party

Republicans8 yes · 167 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats194 yes · 54 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted no
Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
James William Grant D-FL voted no
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted no
David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted no
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY voted yes
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted no
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted no
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
Jim Chapman D-TX voted no
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted no
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons 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
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Cardiss Collins 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
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli 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
Constance A. Morella R-MD
Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
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
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
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes 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
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
Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-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
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
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Claudine Schneider R-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) 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
James R. Olin D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
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
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
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
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
John Rowland R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-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
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Patricia Saiki R-HI
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
Jack Davis R-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-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
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
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
Paul B. Henry 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
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter 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
Bill Richardson D-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. 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
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
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement 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 Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-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
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
Frederick C. Boucher D-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
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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