House roll call 417 · 102nd Congress · Nov 26, 1991
(house rejected the nichols amendment that sought to provide that the provisions in the bill would not take effect until the fiscal year following the first fis
On Nov 26, 1991, the House voted 133–292 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2929). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 16–244, Republicans 117–47, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 133
- No
- 292
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Nov 26, 1991
By party
- Republicans117 yes · 47 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 244 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA voted no
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
- Paul B. Henry R-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ voted no
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted no
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted no
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA voted no
- Scott L. Klug R-WI voted no
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- William Louis Dickinson 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
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-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
- Duncan Lee Hunter 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
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- 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
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- 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
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley 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
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-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
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- George Allen R-VA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- 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
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. 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
- Robert John Lagomarsino 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
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-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
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young 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
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher 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
- David Ray Nagle D-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
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell 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
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-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
- 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- 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
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-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
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- 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
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton 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
- 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
- James T. Walsh 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
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Charles J. Luken D-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- James A. Traficant Jr. 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
- 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-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 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
- 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
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Henry B. González D-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
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- 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
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
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