Legal services reauthorization act of 1991

On May 12, 1992, the House voted 253–154 on “On Passage” (HR 2039). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 225–24, Republicans 27–130, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 253
No: 154
Did not vote: 33
Date: May 12, 1992

By party

Republicans27 yes · 130 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats225 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted yes
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
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
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted yes
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
William Sarpalius D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
William Orton D-UT voted no
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
Scott L. Klug R-WI voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
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
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle 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
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Gary A. Franks R-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-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
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
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
Richard Nichols R-KS
Romano Louis Mazzoli 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
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
David Lee Camp R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
Howard Coble R-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
William E. Barrett R-NE
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
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
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
George Allen 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
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Voted present

Craig T. James R-FL

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Bob Mcewen R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Les Aucoin D-OR
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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