House roll call 914 · 100th Congress · Oct 6, 1988
To suspend the rules and pass S 2350, congressional investigatory powers, to clearly state the mandated scope of congressional investigations. Motion failed; TW
On Oct 6, 1988, the House voted 245–172 (S 2350). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 226–22, Republicans 19–150. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 245
- No
- 172
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Oct 6, 1988
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 150 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats226 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William David Ford D-MI voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted no
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted no
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Tommy Franklin Robinson 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
- James William Grant D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica 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
- Charles Floyd Hatcher 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith 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
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello 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
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-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
- 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-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
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel 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
- 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- 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
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-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
- 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
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- 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
- 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
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Jack Davis R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-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
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- William David Ford D-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
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith 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
- 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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- 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
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-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
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. 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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- John James Duncan R-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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