Legal services reauthorization act of 1991

On May 12, 1992, the House voted 173–236 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 2039). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 36–213, Republicans 137–22, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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: 173
No: 236
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 12, 1992

By party

Republicans137 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 213 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA voted yes
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA voted yes
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad 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
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM 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
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY voted no
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH voted no
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted yes
Gus Yatron D-PA voted yes
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted yes
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall 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
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
William Orton D-UT voted yes
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes

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
Walter William (Wally) Herger 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
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard 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
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-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
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
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
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Glenn Poshard D-IL
Timothy John Roemer D-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Jan Meyers 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
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
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
Robert William Davis R-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber 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
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
William E. Barrett R-NE
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin 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
Austin John Murphy D-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Charles Wilson 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
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-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
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
William Orton D-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
George Allen R-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
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Craig T. James R-FL

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Les Aucoin D-OR
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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