Omnibus crime control act of 1991

On Nov 21, 1991, the House voted 155–271 on “Motion to instruct conferees” (HR 3371). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 28–232, Republicans 127–38, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 66 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: 155
No: 271
Did not vote: 15
Date: Nov 21, 1991

By party

Republicans127 yes · 38 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats28 yes · 232 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Craig T. James R-FL voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
Paul B. Henry R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO voted no
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
John Patrick Williams D-MT voted yes
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted yes
Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC voted yes
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted no
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX voted yes
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
William Sarpalius D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-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
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle 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
William David Lowery R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Gary A. Franks R-CT
Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Richard Nichols R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
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
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
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
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Richard Zimmer R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Thomas J. Manton D-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
William K. Brewster D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
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
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
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
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
George Allen R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Scott L. Klug 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

William Louis Dickinson 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
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
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
Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher 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
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Craig T. James R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
James Bacchus 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
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
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
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
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
John W. Cox Jr. D-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin 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
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
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
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
Helen Delich Bentley R-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
Thomas Hiram Andrews D-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
David Lee Camp 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
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
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
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
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
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Bill Richardson D-NM
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-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
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert 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
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
Thomas Charles Sawyer 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
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
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
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. 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
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Charles Wilson D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin 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
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost 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 R. Olin D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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