House roll call 734 · 102nd Congress · Jul 24, 1992
Voting rights language assistance act of 1992
On Jul 24, 1992, the House voted 172–195 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 4312). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 44–178, Republicans 128–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 172
- No
- 195
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jul 24, 1992
By party
- Republicans128 yes · 16 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 178 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted yes
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted no
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted yes
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- 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
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- Richard Swett D-NH voted yes
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM 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
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Charles J. Luken D-OH voted yes
- John Richard Kasich R-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted yes
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- William Orton D-UT voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV voted yes
The bill
H.R. 4312: To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- 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
- 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
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- 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
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto 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
- 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
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-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
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- 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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-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
- H. Martin Lancaster 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
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer 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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-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
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-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
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- 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
- George Allen R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach 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
- 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
- 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
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-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
- 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- William Sarpalius 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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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