House roll call 378 · 102nd Congress · Nov 13, 1991
Family and medical leave act of 1991
On Nov 13, 1991, the House voted 119–312 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 2). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 16–250, Republicans 103–61, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 119
- No
- 312
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Nov 13, 1991
By party
- Republicans103 yes · 61 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 250 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Craig T. James R-FL voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL voted no
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted no
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Ben Jones D-GA voted yes
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- David Ray Nagle D-IA voted yes
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- James Charles Slattery D-KS voted yes
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted yes
- Richard Nichols R-KS voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI voted yes
- Robert William Davis R-MI voted no
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted no
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted no
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted no
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
- James R. Olin D-VA voted yes
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted no
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted no
- Scott L. Klug R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas 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
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Ben Jones D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- David Ray Nagle D-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- 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
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- 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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster 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
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-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
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- George Allen R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- 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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly 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
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-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
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-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
- 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
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- 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
- John Dennis Hastert R-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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby 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
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron 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
- Carl Duane Pursell R-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
- 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
- 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- 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
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-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
- 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
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-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
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. 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
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Scott L. Klug 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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