To approve the house journal of wednesday, september 13.

On Sep 14, 1989, the House voted 281–106. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 219–6, Republicans 62–100. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 members voted against their own party.

During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 281
No: 106
Did not vote: 56
Date: Sep 14, 1989

By party

Republicans62 yes · 100 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats219 yes · 6 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
Norman David Shumway R-CA voted yes
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
John Rowland R-CT voted yes
James William Grant R-FL voted yes
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted yes
Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS 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
Paul B. Henry R-MI voted yes
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN voted yes
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson 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
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM 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
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon 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
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
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
John J. Duncan Jr. 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
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
John Glen Browder 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 R-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Richard Henry Lehman 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
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson 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
John Rowland R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson 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
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Ben Jones D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Patricia Saiki R-HI
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio 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
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman 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
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules 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
Constance A. Morella R-MD
Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Paul B. Henry R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-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
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
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
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
William John Hughes D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith 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
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-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
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
James T. Walsh 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
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-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
Louis Stokes D-OH
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade 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 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
John S. Tanner D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
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
William Sarpalius 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
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
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott 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
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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