House roll call 576 · 101st Congress · Jul 11, 1990
American technology preeminence act
On Jul 11, 1990, the House voted 327–93 on “On Passage” (HR 4329). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 244–4, Republicans 83–90. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 327
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jul 11, 1990
By party
- Republicans83 yes · 90 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats244 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- William Louis Dickinson 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
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- William David Lowery R-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- 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
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL 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
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted yes
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD 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
- Bill Schuette R-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted yes
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN voted yes
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO voted yes
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted yes
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted yes
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
And 7 more.
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
- 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
- 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
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. 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
- Julian Carey Dixon 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
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Jim Bates D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-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
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-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
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- 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
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Hugh Baker R-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
- 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
- Helen Delich Bentley R-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
- 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
- Bill Schuette 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
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman 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
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor 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
- 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
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff 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
- Floyd Harold Flake 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
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James T. Walsh 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
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-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
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter 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
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren 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
- Craig Anthony Washington D-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
- 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
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-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
- 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
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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