Americans with disabilities act

On Jul 12, 1990, the House voted 180–224 on “Recommit conference report with instructions” (S 933). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 57–184, Republicans 124–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 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: 180
No: 224
Did not vote: 36
Date: Jul 12, 1990

By party

Republicans124 yes · 42 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats57 yes · 184 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL voted yes
Ben Erdreich D-AL voted yes
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted yes
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
John Rowland R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted yes
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
Patricia Saiki R-HI voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted no
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted yes
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted yes
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Paul B. Henry R-MI voted no
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted yes
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Gus Yatron D-PA voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Douglas Walgren D-PA voted yes
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted yes
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted no
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes

And 19 more.

The bill

S. 933: A bill to establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability.

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-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
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
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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
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
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Jan Meyers 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
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy 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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
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
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
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
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
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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