Freedom support act

On Aug 6, 1992, the House voted 255–164 on “On Passage” (HR 4547). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 161–95, Republicans 94–68, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 163 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: 255
No: 164
Did not vote: 22
Date: Aug 6, 1992

By party

Republicans94 yes · 68 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats161 yes · 95 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Ben Erdreich D-AL voted no
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
Edward R. Roybal D-CA voted no
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL voted no
Gus Savage D-IL voted no
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
James Prather Jontz D-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY voted no
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA voted no
Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA voted no
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no

And 83 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
John Glen Browder D-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer 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
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
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine 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
William David Lowery R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-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
Craig T. James R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
James Bacchus D-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
Ben Jones D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
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
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Larry Larocco D-ID
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Martin Anthony Russo 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
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
John W. Cox Jr. D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Jill Lynette Long D-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
John Walter Olver 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
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
Constance A. Morella R-MD
Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Paul B. Henry R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-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
William S. Broomfield R-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
Joan Kelly Horn D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
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
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
Dean Anderson Gallo 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
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Thomas J. Manton D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Theodore S. Weiss 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
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
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
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
William K. Brewster D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Sam Johnson R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews 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
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-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
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-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
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Glenn Poshard D-IL
Timothy John Roemer D-IN
James Prather Jontz D-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-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
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
Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Richard Zimmer R-NJ
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
George Allen R-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Scott L. Klug R-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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