Great lakes water quality improvement act of 1990

On Sep 24, 1990, the House voted 376–37 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 4323). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 244–0, Republicans 134–37. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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: 376
No: 37
Did not vote: 28
Date: Sep 24, 1990

By party

Republicans134 yes · 37 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats244 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted no
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted no
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted no
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 4323: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to water quality in the Great Lakes.

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
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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-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
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
Christopher H. Shays 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
Craig T. James R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-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
Patricia Saiki R-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-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
John Dennis Hastert 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
John Patrick Hiler R-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
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli 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
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
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
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Paul B. Henry R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Bill Schuette 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
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
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
Howard Coble R-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
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
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
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
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
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath 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
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-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
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
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
L. William Paxon R-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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-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
Ralph Straus Regula 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
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
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
Robert Freeman Smith R-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
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-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
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
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-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
Gregory H. Laughlin 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
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
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
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
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-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
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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