To approve the house journal of friday, november 17.

On Nov 19, 1989, the House voted 287–112. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 234–6, Republicans 55–106. 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: 287
No: 112
Did not vote: 42
Date: Nov 19, 1989

By party

Republicans55 yes · 106 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats234 yes · 6 no · 24 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
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
James William Grant R-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME 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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT 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
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
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
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK 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
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC 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
Stanford E. Parris 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
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

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
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
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
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
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-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
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-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
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
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins 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
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello 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
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
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
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-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
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. 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
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
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff 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
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
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-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
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
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
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-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
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Claudine Schneider 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
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
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
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
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
Stanford E. Parris R-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
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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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