Convention on discrimination against women

On Oct 22, 1991, the House voted 374–48 on “Suspend the rules and agree” (HRES 116). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 259–0, Republicans 114–48, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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: 374
No: 48
Did not vote: 19
Date: Oct 22, 1991

By party

Republicans114 yes · 48 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats259 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
William David Lowery R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Craig T. James R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted no
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA voted no
Paul B. Henry R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
L. William Paxon R-NY voted no
Bob Mcewen R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. 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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
John Glen Browder D-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Frank D. Riggs R-CA
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller 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
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-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
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Gary A. Franks R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
James Bacchus D-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
William Lehman D-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
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-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
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 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
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
Richard Nichols R-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
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
James Allison Hayes 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
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
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
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy 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
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
William E. Barrett R-NE
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
Richard Swett D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-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
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
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
Major Robert Odell Owens 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
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Charles J. Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
William K. Brewster 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
Michael J. Kopetski 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
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
John F. (Jack) Reed D-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
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-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
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-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
William Orton 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
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Bernard Sanders I-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
Scott L. Klug R-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
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
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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