(house approved the journal of tuesday, may 25, 1993.)

On May 26, 1993, the House voted 255–153 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 238–6, Republicans 17–147. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 255
No: 153
Did not vote: 36
Date: May 26, 1993

By party

Republicans17 yes · 147 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats238 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted yes
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Daniel Miller R-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Robert A. Underwood D-GU
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Ron Lewis R-KY
Paul B. Henry R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
Ron De Lugo D-VI
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Peter William Barca D-WI
Scott L. Klug R-WI
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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