House roll call 551 · 101st Congress · Jun 21, 1990
Flag protection act of 1990
On Jun 21, 1990, the House voted 179–236 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 5091). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 162–83, Republicans 17–154. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 100 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
- 179
- No
- 236
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 21, 1990
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 154 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats162 yes · 83 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted no
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA voted no
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted no
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- David Ray Nagle D-IA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Gus Savage D-IL voted no
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Frank Annunzio D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted no
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. 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
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Alan Dupree Wheat 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY voted no
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY voted no
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted no
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Donald James Pease D-OH voted no
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH voted no
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
- Les Aucoin D-OR voted no
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA voted no
And 20 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
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Ben Jones 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- James Prather Jontz D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules 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
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
- 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
- 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
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy 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
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- 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
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- 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
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier 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
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- James William Grant R-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
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-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
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-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
- 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
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley 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
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- 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
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-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
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
- George Miller D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. 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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