To approve the house journal of tuesday, april 25.

On Apr 26, 1989, the House voted 288–105. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 226–4, Republicans 62–101. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 288
No: 105
Did not vote: 50
Date: Apr 26, 1989

By party

Republicans62 yes · 101 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats226 yes · 4 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
John Rowland R-CT voted yes
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
James William Grant R-FL voted yes
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) 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
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted yes
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE 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
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
Frank Jefferson Horton 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
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
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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
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
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT voted yes
Peter P. Smith R-VT voted yes
John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

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
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
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
Tony Coelho D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman 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
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
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-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
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
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Patricia Saiki R-HI
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
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski 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
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
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
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
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
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III 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
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
Earl Thomas Coleman 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
John Patrick Williams D-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
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
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne 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
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
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Thomas J. Manton 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
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine 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
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
Les Aucoin D-OR
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
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-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
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-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
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
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
William Sarpalius 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
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
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
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
Peter P. Smith R-VT
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
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-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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