House roll call 742 · 103rd Congress · Apr 28, 1994
VA health exemption from federal workforce cuts
On Apr 28, 1994, the House voted 282–118 on “Suspend the rules and pass, as amended” (HR 4013). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 161–74, Republicans 120–44, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 118 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
- 282
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Apr 28, 1994
By party
- Republicans120 yes · 44 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats161 yes · 74 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA voted no
- Larry Larocco D-ID voted no
- Mel Reynolds D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted no
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted no
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted no
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted no
- Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
- Richard Swett D-NH voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
And 38 more.
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
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Daniel Hamburg D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Lynn Schenk D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-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
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- David A. Levy R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-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
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Leslie Larkin Byrne D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- David Scott Mann D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Karen Shepherd D-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Peter William Barca D-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Karan English D-AZ
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Michael Huffington R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Thomas J. Barlow III D-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Ron De Lugo D-VI
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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