House roll call 733 · 103rd Congress · Apr 20, 1994
(house rejected the martinez amendment that sought to require states to establish minimum standards for background investigations and training of private securi
On Apr 20, 1994, the House voted 76–339 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4092). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 76–174, Republicans 4–165, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 80 members voted against their own party.
During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 339
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 20, 1994
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 165 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats76 yes · 174 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC voted yes
- James Bacchus D-FL voted yes
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Mel Reynolds D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted yes
- William David Ford D-MI voted yes
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted yes
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted yes
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted yes
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA voted yes
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN voted yes
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted yes
- William Sarpalius D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Henry B. González D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- Ron De Lugo D-VI voted yes
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA voted yes
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler D-WA voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- William David Ford D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Ron De Lugo D-VI
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler D-WA
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Karan English D-AZ
- Daniel Hamburg D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Michael Huffington R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Lynn Schenk D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Thomas J. Barlow III D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. 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
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III 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
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- David A. Levy R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- David Scott Mann D-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-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
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
- 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
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn 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
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-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
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Karen Shepherd D-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Leslie Larkin Byrne D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Peter William Barca D-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Other votes
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