Family unity and employment opportunity immigration act

On Oct 3, 1990, the House voted 176–247 on “On Motion to Recommit” (HR 4300). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 40–212, Republicans 137–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 247
Did not vote: 18
Date: Oct 3, 1990

By party

Republicans137 yes · 36 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 212 no · 12 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
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted yes
Richard Belmont Ray 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
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted yes
Gus Savage D-IL voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted yes
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
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
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE voted yes
William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY 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
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
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
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted no
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
John Wiley Bryant D-TX voted yes
James Marvin Leath D-TX voted yes
William Sarpalius D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted yes
Peter P. Smith R-VT voted no
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted no
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no

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
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
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino 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
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
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
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
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
Gus Savage D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
John Patrick Hiler R-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
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
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
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-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
Howard Coble R-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
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
William John Hughes D-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen 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
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
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster 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
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-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
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
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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