(house agreed to the journal of thursday, september 12, 1991.)

On Sep 16, 1991, the House voted 211–87 on “On approving the journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 178–3, Republicans 33–84. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 members voted against their own party.

During the 102nd Congress (1991–1992), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 211
No: 87
Did not vote: 143
Date: Sep 16, 1991

By party

Republicans33 yes · 84 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats178 yes · 3 no · 89 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted yes
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted yes
Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ 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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH voted yes
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted yes
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
Joe Linus Barton 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
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
Scott L. Klug R-WI voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Toby A. Roth R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
John Glen Browder D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
James Bacchus D-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Ben Jones D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Larry Larocco 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
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
John W. Cox Jr. 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
Timothy John Roemer D-IN
Jill Lynette Long D-IN
James Prather Jontz D-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
James Charles Slattery D-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
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Edward John Markey 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
Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Joan Kelly Horn D-MO
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
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
Richard Swett D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-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
Bill Richardson D-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Thomas J. Manton D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Charles J. Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
James A. Traficant Jr. 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
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
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
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
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
William Orton D-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Scott L. Klug R-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Frank D. Riggs R-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
John Edward Porter R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Richard Nichols R-KS
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Constance A. Morella R-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Richard Zimmer R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Bob Mcewen R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
William K. Brewster D-OK
Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Austin John Murphy D-PA
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
George Allen R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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