National foundation on the arts and the humanities act authorization

On Oct 14, 1993, the House voted 210–214 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 2351). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 47–203, Republicans 163–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: Failed
Yes: 210
No: 214
Did not vote: 22
Date: Oct 14, 1993

By party

Republicans163 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 203 no · 15 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted yes
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted yes
John Nathan Deal D-GA voted yes
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
James Charles Slattery D-KS voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
Harold Lee Volkmer 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
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted yes
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted yes
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted yes
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Jim Chapman D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
John Wiley Bryant D-TX voted yes
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX voted yes
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle 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
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
Robert Terry Everett R-AL
John Glen Browder D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
William P. Baker R-CA
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Michael Huffington R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Jay C. Kim R-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Scott Mcinnis R-CO
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Gary A. Franks R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
Daniel Miller R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
John Nathan Deal D-GA
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Glenn Poshard D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers 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
Peter I. Blute R-MA
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
James A. Barcia D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Rod Grams R-MN
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
Howard Coble 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
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
Richard Zimmer R-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
David A. Levy R-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Martin R. Hoke R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
James Charles Greenwood 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
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn 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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “National foundation on the arts and the…: House Vote, Oct 14, 1993,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/103-H-486/national-foundation-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities-act (accessed 2026-10-17).