House roll call 780 · 100th Congress · Sep 9, 1988
To approve the house journal of thursday, september 8.
On Sep 9, 1988, the House voted 277–97. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 217–6, Republicans 61–92. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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
- 277
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Sep 9, 1988
By party
- Republicans61 yes · 92 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats217 yes · 6 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- 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
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton 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
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- 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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT 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
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins 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
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- John Rowland R-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
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-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
- 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-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
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-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
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-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
- Nicholas James Mavroules 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- 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
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-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
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-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 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
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-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
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- 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
- 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
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- 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
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer 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
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Jack Davis R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley 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
- 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
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Ernest Leslie Konnyu R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
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