House roll call 377 · 102nd Congress · Nov 13, 1991
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On Nov 13, 1991, the House voted 287–143 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2). Result: Agreed to. By party: Democrats 238–28, Republicans 48–115, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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
- Agreed to
- Yes
- 287
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Nov 13, 1991
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 115 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats238 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Craig T. James R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Ben Jones D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Larry Larocco D-ID voted no
- Richard Howard Stallings D-ID voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted no
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted yes
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM 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
- Charles J. Luken D-OH voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted yes
- 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
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- Elizabeth J. Patterson 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
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
- William Sarpalius D-TX voted no
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted no
- James R. Olin D-VA voted no
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted yes
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted yes
- Leslie Aspin D-WI voted no
- Scott L. Klug R-WI voted yes
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Ben Erdreich D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- 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
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-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
- Maxine Waters 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
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-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
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink 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
- 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
- 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
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. 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
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins 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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Joan Kelly Horn D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-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
- 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
- Richard Zimmer 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
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-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
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Clarence E. Miller 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
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell 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
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-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
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman 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
- William Orton D-UT
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-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
- Scott L. Klug R-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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
- 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
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino 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
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ben Jones D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Larocco D-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
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- 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
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- 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
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Elizabeth J. Patterson 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
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-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
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- George Allen R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-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
Other votes
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