To approve the house journal of tuesday, may 8.

On May 9, 1990, the House voted 298–108 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 235–6, Republicans 64–102. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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: Passed
Yes: 298
No: 108
Did not vote: 36
Date: May 9, 1990

By party

Republicans64 yes · 102 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats235 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan 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
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
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
James O. Mccrery III 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
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
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted yes
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Margaret Scafati Roukema 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
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
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
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
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
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
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Toby A. Roth R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
John Glen Browder D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
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
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
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
James O. Mccrery III R-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
Edward John Markey 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
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
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
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
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
Margaret Scafati Roukema 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
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
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
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
José E. Serrano 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
James T. Walsh R-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
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
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
William Herbert Gray III 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
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
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
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
James Marvin Leath D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Craig Anthony Washington 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
Howard Curtis Nielson R-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
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
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Louis Dickinson R-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Tony Coelho D-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Gus Savage D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Larkin I. Smith R-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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