To approve the house journal of tuesday, may 3.

On May 4, 1988, the House voted 259–136. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 217–11, Republicans 42–125. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 259
No: 136
Did not vote: 46
Date: May 4, 1988

By party

Republicans42 yes · 125 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats217 yes · 11 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted yes
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT 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
David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
Bob Mcewen 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
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
William Flynt Nichols D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Tommy Franklin Robinson D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-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
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson 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
John R. Lewis D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Kenneth James Gray D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
James Prather Jontz D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland 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
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
Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-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
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-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
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
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
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes 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
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Bill Richardson D-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey 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
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Bob Mcewen R-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
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
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
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
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Claudine Schneider R-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 Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Jim Chapman 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
David McCann (Mac) Sweeney R-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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