To approve the house journal of wednesday, may 18.

On May 19, 1988, the House voted 274–113. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 218–7, Republicans 56–106. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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: 274
No: 113
Did not vote: 54
Date: May 19, 1988

By party

Republicans56 yes · 106 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats218 yes · 7 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
Robert Kenneth Dornan 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
Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC 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
David O'Brien Martin 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
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon 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
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted yes
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT 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
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-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
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Douglas Harry Bosco 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
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
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett 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
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
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
Patricia Saiki R-HI
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-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
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Daniel Ray Coats R-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
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby 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
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
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
Robert William Davis R-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
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Gene Taylor R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-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
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
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-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
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. 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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
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
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-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
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Norman Sisisky 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
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka 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

Did not vote

William Flynt Nichols D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Sala Galante Burton D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
James John Howard D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Mario Biaggi D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Jack French Kemp R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
John James Duncan R-TN
William Hill Boner D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Jim Moody D-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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