House roll call 261 · 101st Congress · Oct 5, 1989
To approve the house journal of wednesday, october 4.
On Oct 5, 1989, the House voted 292–91. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 216–9, Republicans 76–82. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 85 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
- 292
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Oct 5, 1989
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 82 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats216 yes · 9 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- James William Grant R-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young 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
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- Cass Ballenger R-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent 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
- James T. Walsh 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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted yes
- John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- Peter P. Smith R-VT voted yes
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-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
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-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 R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- 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
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski 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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-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
- Jan Meyers R-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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- 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
- Richard Edmund Neal 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-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
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-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
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce 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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-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
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- 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
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner 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
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm 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
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- 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
- Peter P. Smith R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott 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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
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
- George Miller D-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
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- 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
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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