House roll call 403 · 101st Congress · Mar 22, 1990
Question of privilege of the house
On Mar 22, 1990, the House voted 176–234 on “On motion to refer to the judiciary committee” (HRES 362). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 178–67, Republicans 0–169. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 176
- No
- 234
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 22, 1990
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 169 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats178 yes · 67 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Ben Jones D-GA voted no
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY voted no
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- James McClure Clarke D-NC voted no
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted no
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Gus Yatron D-PA voted no
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted no
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- Jim Chapman D-TX voted no
- Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
- William Sarpalius D-TX voted no
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted no
- James R. Olin D-VA voted no
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. 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
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky 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
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-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
- 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
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento 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
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Thomas Joseph Downey 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
- 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
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- 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
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy 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
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- 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
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott 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
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
- 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
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- James William Grant R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-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
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 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
- 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
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-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
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-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
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-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
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo 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
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton 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 A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins 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
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade 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
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- 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
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren 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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- 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
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-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
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-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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