House roll call 617 · 101st Congress · Jul 25, 1990
Family and medical leave act of 1989
On Jul 25, 1990, the House voted 232–195 on “On presidential veto” (HR 770). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 195–57, Republicans 38–138. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 95 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 232
- No
- 195
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 25, 1990
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 138 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats195 yes · 57 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- John Rowland R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted no
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted no
- Ben Jones D-GA voted no
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted no
- Patricia Saiki R-HI voted yes
- David Ray Nagle D-IA voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA voted yes
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted no
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted no
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- James McClure Clarke D-NC voted no
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted yes
- Susan Molinari 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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted yes
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted yes
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted yes
- Claudine Schneider R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted no
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted no
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
And 15 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-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
- 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
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Jim Bates 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
- John Rowland R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-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
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Patricia Saiki R-HI
- 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
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-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
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs 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
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III 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
- 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
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- 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
- 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
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman 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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar 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
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-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
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman 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
- 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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- 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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-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
- 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
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan 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
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- James William Grant R-FL
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Ben Jones D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell 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
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-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
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- 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
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-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
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor 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
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- James McClure Clarke D-NC
- 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
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- 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
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall 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
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-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
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- 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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Larkin I. Smith R-MS
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington 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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