To amend HR 2, minimum wage increase, in the nature of a substitute to increase the minimum wage over a three-year period and establish a lower training wage.

On Mar 23, 1989, the House voted 198–218 (HR 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–205, Republicans 158–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 members voted against their own party.

During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 198
No: 218
Did not vote: 19
Date: Mar 23, 1989

By party

Republicans158 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats44 yes · 205 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted yes
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted yes
Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
John Rowland R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto 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
Ben Jones 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
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted yes
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath 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
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
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
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
William Sarpalius D-TX voted yes
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted yes
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT voted yes
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted yes
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
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
Thomas J. Campbell 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
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher 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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant R-FL
Craig T. James R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Ben Jones D-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
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
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
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
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
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-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
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Larkin I. Smith R-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
Howard Coble R-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
Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
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
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin 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
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
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Peter P. Smith 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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

John Glen Browder D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Gus Savage D-IL
Jill Lynette Long D-IN
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Susan Molinari R-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Charles Wilson D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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