House roll call 733 · 102nd Congress · Jul 24, 1992
(house rejected the rohrabacher amendment that sought to eliminate provisions which expand the number of counties required to provide bilingual voting assistanc
On Jul 24, 1992, the House voted 115–253 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4312). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 7–218, Republicans 108–34, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 115
- No
- 253
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Jul 24, 1992
By party
- Republicans108 yes · 34 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 218 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY voted no
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green 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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
- John Richard Kasich R-OH voted no
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted no
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
- John Ripin Miller R-WA voted no
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
The bill
H.R. 4312: To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson 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
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Craig T. James R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Richard Nichols R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad 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
- 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
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- 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
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-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
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- George Allen R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi 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
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs 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
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons 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
- Ben Jones D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins 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
- 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
- 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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
- Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- David Edward Bonior 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey 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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman 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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate 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
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James R. Olin D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- John Ripin Miller R-WA
- 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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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