House roll call 274 · 101st Congress · Oct 12, 1989
To approve the house journal of wednesday, october 11.
On Oct 12, 1989, the House voted 297–105. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 229–4, Republicans 69–101. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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
- 297
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Oct 12, 1989
By party
- Republicans69 yes · 101 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats229 yes · 4 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR voted yes
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- 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
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted yes
- Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- 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
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Neal Edward Smith D-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-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
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat 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
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price 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
- 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
- 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
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo 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
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-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
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-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
- 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
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-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
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-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
- 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath 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
- 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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-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
- 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
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- 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
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- 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
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- 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
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- 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
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- 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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- 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
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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