House roll call 43 · 101st Congress · May 9, 1989
To amend HR 7, vocational education reauthorization, to prohibit use of funds available by this act to any educational agency effectively preventing individuals
On May 9, 1989, the House voted 269–135 (HR 7). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 117–121, Republicans 152–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 131 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
- 269
- No
- 135
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 9, 1989
By party
- Republicans152 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats117 yes · 121 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Ben Erdreich D-AL voted yes
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Tony Coelho D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted yes
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted yes
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA voted yes
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted yes
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL voted yes
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted yes
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN voted yes
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted yes
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
- William Huston Natcher D-KY voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted yes
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY voted yes
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted yes
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD voted yes
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD voted yes
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted yes
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted yes
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- James McClure Clarke D-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE voted yes
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted yes
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted yes
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
And 51 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- 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
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-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
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Bill Schuette R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-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
- Larkin I. Smith R-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
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-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
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-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
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- 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
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett 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
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. 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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- James Prather Jontz D-IN
- 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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns 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
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Peter P. Smith R-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Jim Moody D-WI
Did not vote
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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