Veterans benefits improvement act

On Apr 11, 1991, the House voted 399–3 on “Suspend the rules and pass as amended” (HR 1047). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 248–0, Republicans 150–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 3 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: 399
No: 3
Did not vote: 39
Date: Apr 11, 1991

By party

Republicans150 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats248 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no

The bill

H.R. 1047: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make miscellaneous improvements in veterans' compensation and pension programs, and for other purposes.

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
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
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Frank D. Riggs R-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger 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
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
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Calvin M. Dooley D-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
Maxine Waters D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-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
William David Lowery R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham 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
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
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
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
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden 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
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-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
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-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
Danny Lee Burton 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
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
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
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
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
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
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-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
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-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
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-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
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
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor 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
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-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
Thomas J. Manton D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens 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
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner 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
William K. Brewster 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
William Herbert Gray III 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
George William Gekas R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum 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
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. 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
William Sarpalius D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin 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
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
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
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-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
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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Veterans benefits improvement act: House Vote, Apr 11, 1991,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/102-H-63/veterans-benefits-improvement-act (accessed 2026-10-14).