House roll call 255 · 102nd Congress · Sep 17, 1991
Unemployment insurance reform act
On Sep 17, 1991, the House voted 283–125 on “On Passage” (HR 3040). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 234–18, Republicans 48–107, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 members voted against their own party.
During the 102nd Congress (1991–1992), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 283
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Sep 17, 1991
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 107 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats234 yes · 18 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- 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
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- L. William Paxon R-NY voted yes
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR 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
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- William Sarpalius D-TX voted no
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- William Orton D-UT voted no
- James R. Olin D-VA voted no
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- 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
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- John W. Cox Jr. D-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
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- James Prather Jontz D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-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
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-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
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Joan Kelly Horn D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- 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
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- 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
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-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
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Susan Molinari 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
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-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
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter 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
- George William Gekas 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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. 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
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman 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
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- 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
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-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
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- George Allen R-VA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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