House roll call 297 · 100th Congress · Sep 9, 1987
To approve the house journal of friday, august 7.
On Sep 9, 1987, the House voted 280–80. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 211–5, Republicans 71–75. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 members voted against their own party.
During the 100th Congress (1987–1988), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 280
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Sep 9, 1987
By party
- Republicans71 yes · 75 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats211 yes · 5 no · 46 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted yes
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
- Bill Schuette R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
- Bob Mcewen R-OH voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- John James Duncan R-TN voted yes
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA voted yes
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
- Toby A. Roth R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Douglas Harry Bosco D-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
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- John Rowland R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- James William Grant D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-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
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- James Prather Jontz D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs 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
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-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
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. 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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-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
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley 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
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine 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
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- 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
- John James Duncan R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-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
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Patrick Lynn Swindall R-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Jack Davis R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
- Sala Galante Burton D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Ernest Leslie Konnyu R-CA
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (Buddy) D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Joseph J. Dioguardi R-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Eldon Beau Boulter R-TX
- David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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