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Vote Data for HR123 (104th Congress)


Date: August 1, 1996

Subject: English as the Official Language of the U.S. Government

Description: Passage of the bill to declare English as the official language of the U.S. government and to require the federal government to conduct most of its official business in English. The bill also eliminates the current requirement that bilingual voting ballots be provided in areas populated by large numbers of voters whose first language is not English.

Result: Bill Passed, 259-169

Names ordered: By yea/nay       Order alphabetically       Order by party       Order by state

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Voted in Favor:

Wayne Allard (R-CO)  
Bill Archer (R-TX)  
Dick Armey (R-TX)  
Spencer Bachus (R-AL)  
Scotty Baesler (D-KY)  
Bill Baker (R-CA)  
Richard Baker (R-LA)  
Cass Ballenger (R-NC)  
Bob Barr (R-GA)  
Bill Barrett (R-NE)  
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)  
Joe Barton (R-TX)  
Charlie Bass (R-NH)  
Herb Bateman (R-VA)  
Doug Bereuter (R-NE)  
Tom Bevill (D-AL)  
Brian Bilbray (R-CA)  
Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)  
Thomas Bliley (R-VA)  
Peter Blute (R-MA)  
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)  
John Boehner (R-OH)  
Sonny Bono (R-CA)  
Bill Brewster (D-OK)  
Glenn Browder (D-AL)  
Ed Bryant (R-TN)  
Jim Bunning (R-KY)  
Richard Burr (R-NC)  
Dan Burton (R-IN)  
Steve Buyer (R-IN)  
Sonny Callahan (R-AL)  
Ken Calvert (R-CA)  
Tom Campbell (R-CA)  
Dave Camp (R-MI)  
Charles Canady (R-FL)  
Mike Castle (R-DE)  
Steve Chabot (R-OH)  
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)  
Helen Chenoweth (R-ID)  
Jon Christensen (R-NE)  
Dick Chrysler (R-MI)  
Bob Clement (D-TN)  
Bill Clinger (R-PA)  
Howard Coble (R-NC)  
Tom Coburn (R-OK)  
Mac Collins (R-GA)  
Larry Combest (R-TX)  
Gary Condit (D-CA)  
Wes Cooley (R-OR)  
Christopher Cox (R-CA)  
Bud Cramer (D-AL)  
Phil Crane (R-IL)  
Mike Crapo (R-ID)  
Frank Cremeans (R-OH)  
Barbara Cubin (R-WY)  
Duke Cunningham (R-CA)  
Pat Danner (D-MO)  
Tom Davis (R-VA)  
Nate Deal (R-GA)  
Tom DeLay (R-TX)  
Jay Dickey (R-AR)  
John Doolittle (R-CA)  
Bob Dornan (R-CA)  
David Dreier (R-CA)  
John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)  
Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)  
Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)  
Robert Ehrlich (R-MD)  
Philip English (R-PA)  
Terry Everett (R-AL)  
Thomas Ewing (R-IL)  
Harris Fawell (R-IL)  
Jack Fields (R-TX)  
Michael Flanagan (R-IL)  
Mark Foley (R-FL)  
Michael Forbes (R-NY)  
Tillie Fowler (R-FL)  
Jon Fox (R-PA)  
Bob Franks (R-NJ)  
Gary Franks (R-CT)  
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)  
Dan Frisa (R-NY)  
David Funderburk (R-NC)  
Elton Gallegly (R-CA)  
Greg Ganske (R-IA)  
George Gekas (R-PA)  
Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)  
Paul Gillmor (R-OH)  
Benjamin Gilman (R-NY)  
Bill Goodling (R-PA)  
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)  
Bart Gordon (D-TN)  
Porter Goss (R-FL)  
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)  
Jim Greenwood (R-PA)  
Steve Gunderson (R-WI)  
Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)  
Ralph Hall (D-TX)  
Lee Hamilton (D-IN)  
Mel Hancock (R-MO)  
James Hansen (R-UT)  
Jane Harman (D-CA)  
Dennis Hastert (R-IL)  
Doc Hastings (R-WA)  
Jimmy Hayes (R-LA)  
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)  
Joel Hefley (R-CO)  
Bill Hefner (D-NC)  
Fred Heineman (R-NC)  
Wally Herger (R-CA)  
Van Hilleary (R-TN)  
Dave Hobson (R-OH)  
Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)  
Martin Hoke (R-OH)  
Tim Holden (D-PA)  
Steve Horn (R-CA)  
John Hostettler (R-IN)  
Amo Houghton (R-NY)  
Duncan Hunter (R-CA)  
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)  
Henry Hyde (R-IL)  
Bob Inglis (R-SC)  
Ernest Istook (R-OK)  
Nancy Johnson (R-CT)  
Sam Johnson (R-TX)  
Tim Johnson (D-SD)  
Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC)  
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)  
John Kasich (R-OH)  
Sue Kelly (R-NY)  
Jay Kim (R-CA)  
Peter King (R-NY)  
Jack Kingston (R-GA)  
Scott Klug (R-WI)  
Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)  
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)  
Ray LaHood (R-IL)  
Steve Largent (R-OK)  
Tom Latham (R-IA)  
Steven LaTourette (R-OH)  
Greg Laughlin (R-TX)  
Rick Lazio (R-NY)  
Jim Leach (R-IA)  
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)  
Ron Lewis (R-KY)  
Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-IA)  
Blanche Lambert (D-AR)  
John Linder (R-GA)  
William Lipinski (D-IL)  
Bob Livingston (R-LA)  
Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)  
James Longley, Jr. (R-ME)  
Frank Lucas (R-OK)  
Thomas Manton (D-NY)  
Donald Manzullo (R-IL)  
Bill Martini (R-NJ)  
Frank Mascara (D-PA)  
Bill McCollum (R-FL)  
Jim McCrery (R-LA)  
John McHugh (R-NY)  
Scott McInnis (R-CO)  
David McIntosh (R-IN)  
Howard McKeon (R-CA)  
Michael McNulty (D-NY)  
Jack Metcalf (R-WA)  
Jan Meyers (R-KS)  
John Mica (R-FL)  
Dan Miller (R-FL)  
Susan Molinari (R-NY)  
Sonny Montgomery (D-MS)  
Carlos Moorhead (R-CA)  
John Myers (R-IN)  
Sue Myrick (R-NC)  
George Nethercutt (R-WA)  
Mark Neumann (R-WI)  
Bob Ney (R-OH)  
Charlie Norwood (R-GA)  
Jim Nussle (R-IA)  
David Obey (D-WI)  
Michael Oxley (R-OH)  
Ron Packard (R-CA)  
Mike Parker (R-MS)  
Bill Paxon (R-NY)  
L.F. Payne (D-VA)  
Collin Peterson (D-MN)  
Tom Petri (R-WI)  
Owen Pickett (D-VA)  
Richard Pombo (R-CA)  
John Porter (R-IL)  
Rob Portman (R-OH)  
Glenn Poshard (D-IL)  
Deborah Pryce (R-OH)  
Jimmy Quillen (R-TN)  
Jack Quinn (R-NY)  
George Radanovich (R-CA)  
Jim Ramstad (R-MN)  
Ralph Regula (R-OH)  
Frank Riggs (R-CA)  
Pat Roberts (R-KS)  
Harold Rogers (R-KY)  
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)  
Toby Roth (R-WI)  
Marge Roukema (R-NJ)  
Ed Royce (R-CA)  
Matt Salmon (R-AZ)  
Mark Sanford (R-SC)  
Jim Saxton (R-NJ)  
Joe Scarborough (R-FL)  
Dan Schaefer (R-CO)  
Andrea Seastrand (R-CA)  
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)  
John Shadegg (R-AZ)  
Clay Shaw (R-FL)  
Chris Shays (R-CT)  
Bud Shuster (R-PA)  
Norman Sisisky (D-VA)  
Ike Skelton (D-MO)  
Chris Smith (R-NJ)  
Lamar Smith (R-TX)  
Linda Smith (R-WA)  
Nick Smith (R-MI)  
Gerald Solomon (R-NY)  
Mark Souder (R-IN)  
Floyd Spence (R-SC)  
John Spratt (D-SC)  
Cliff Stearns (R-FL)  
Charlie Stenholm (D-TX)  
Steve Stockman (R-TX)  
Bob Stump (R-AZ)  
Jim Talent (R-MO)  
John Tanner (D-TN)  
Randy Tate (R-WA)  
Billy Tauzin (R-LA)  
Charles Taylor (R-NC)  
Gene Taylor (D-MS)  
Bill Thomas (R-CA)  
Mac Thornberry (R-TX)  
Karen Thurman (D-FL)  
Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)  
Peter Torkildsen (R-MA)  
Jim Traficant (D-OH)  
Fred Upton (R-MI)  
Harold Volkmer (D-MO)  
Barbara Vucanovich (R-NV)  
Enid Greene (R-UT)  
Robert Walker (R-PA)  
James Walsh (R-NY)  
Zach Wamp (R-TN)  
J.C. Watts (R-OK)  
Curt Weldon (R-PA)  
Dave Weldon (R-FL)  
Jerry Weller (R-IL)  
Rick White (R-WA)  
Ed Whitfield (R-KY)  
Roger Wicker (R-MS)  
Frank Wolf (R-VA)  
Don Young (R-AK)  
Bill Zeliff (R-NH)  
Dick Zimmer (R-NJ)  

Voted Against:

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)  
Gary Ackerman (D-NY)  
Rob Andrews (D-NJ)  
John Baldacci (D-ME)  
James Barcia (D-MI)  
Tom Barrett (D-WI)  
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)  
Tony Beilenson (D-CA)  
Ken Bentsen (D-TX)  
Howard Berman (D-CA)  
Sanford Bishop (D-GA)  
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)  
Henry Bonilla (R-TX)  
David Bonior (D-MI)  
Robert Borski (D-PA)  
Rick Boucher (D-VA)  
Corrine Brown (D-FL)  
George Brown (D-CA)  
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)  
John Bryant (D-TX)  
Jim Bunn (R-OR)  
Ben Cardin (D-MD)  
Jim Chapman (D-TX)  
Eva Clayton (D-NC)  
William Clay (D-MO)  
James Clyburn (D-SC)  
Ron Coleman (D-TX)  
Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI)  
Cardiss Collins (D-IL)  
John Conyers (D-MI)  
Jerry Costello (D-IL)  
William Coyne (D-PA)  
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)  
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)  
Kika de la Garza (D-TX)  
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)  
Ron Dellums (D-CA)  
Peter Deutsch (D-FL)  
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
Norm Dicks (D-WA)  
John Dingell (D-MI)  
Julian Dixon (D-CA)  
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)  
Calvin Dooley (D-CA)  
Mike Doyle (D-PA)  
Richard Durbin (D-IL)  
Chet Edwards (D-TX)  
Eliot Engel (D-NY)  
John Ensign (R-NV)  
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)  
Lane Evans (D-IL)  
Sam Farr (D-CA)  
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)  
Vic Fazio (D-CA)  
Cleo Fields (D-LA)  
Bob Filner (D-CA)  
Floyd Flake (D-NY)  
Thomas Foglietta (D-PA)  
Barney Frank (D-MA)  
Martin Frost (D-TX)  
Elizabeth Furse (D-OR)  
Sam Gejdenson (D-CT)  
Dick Gephardt (D-MO)  
Pete Geren (D-TX)  
Sam Gibbons (D-FL)  
Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)  
Gene Green (D-TX)  
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)  
Tony Hall (D-OH)  
Alcee Hastings (D-FL)  
Earl Hilliard (D-AL)  
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)  
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)  
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)  
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)  
Andy Jacobs, Jr. (D-IN)  
Bill Jefferson (D-LA)  
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)  
Harry Johnston (D-FL)  
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)  
Barbara Kennelly (D-CT)  
Joe Kennedy (D-MA)  
Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)  
Dale Kildee (D-MI)  
Gerald Kleczka (D-WI)  
Ron Klink (D-PA)  
John LaFalce (D-NY)  
Tom Lantos (D-CA)  
Sander Levin (D-MI)  
John Lewis (D-GA)  
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)  
Nita Lowey (D-NY)  
Bill Luther (D-MN)  
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)  
Ed Markey (D-MA)  
Marty Martinez (D-CA)  
Robert Matsui (D-CA)  
Karen McCarthy (D-MO)  
Jim McDermott (D-WA)  
Juanita McDonald (D-CA)  
Paul McHale (D-PA)  
Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)  
Marty Meehan (D-MA)  
Carrie Meek (D-FL)  
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)  
George Miller (D-CA)  
David Minge (D-MN)  
Patsy Mink (D-HI)  
Joe Moakley (D-MA)  
Alan Mollohan (D-WV)  
James Moran (D-VA)  
Connie Morella (R-MD)  
John Murtha (D-PA)  
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)  
Richard Neal (D-MA)  
James Oberstar (D-MN)  
John Olver (D-MA)  
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)  
Bill Orton (D-UT)  
Major Owens (D-NY)  
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)  
Ed Pastor (D-AZ)  
Donald Payne (D-NJ)  
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)  
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)  
Nick Rahall (D-WV)  
Charles Rangel (D-NY)  
Jack Reed (D-RI)  
Bill Richardson (D-NM)  
Lynn Rivers (D-MI)  
Tim Roemer (D-IN)  
Charlie Rose (D-NC)  
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)  
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)  
Bobby Rush (D-IL)  
Martin Sabo (D-MN)  
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)  
Thomas Sawyer (D-OH)  
Steven Schiff (R-NM)  
Pat Schroeder (D-CO)  
Charles Schumer (D-NY)  
Bobby Scott (D-VA)  
Jose Serrano (D-NY)  
David Skaggs (D-CO)  
Joe Skeen (R-NM)  
Louise Slaughter (D-NY)  
Pete Stark (D-CA)  
Louis Stokes (D-OH)  
Gerry Studds (D-MA)  
Bart Stupak (D-MI)  
Frank Tejeda (D-TX)  
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)  
Ray Thornton (D-AR)  
Esteban Torres (D-CA)  
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)  
Edolphus Towns (D-NY)  
Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)  
Bruce Vento (D-MN)  
Pete Visclosky (D-IN)  
Mike Ward (D-KY)  
Maxine Waters (D-CA)  
Melvin Watt (D-NC)  
Henry Waxman (D-CA)  
Pat Williams (D-MT)  
Charlie Wilson (D-TX)  
Bob Wise (D-WV)  
Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)  
Albert Wynn (D-MD)  
Sidney Yates (D-IL)  

Did Not Vote:

Sam Brownback (R-KS)  
Harold Ford (D-TN)  
Joe McDade (R-PA)  
Pete Peterson (D-FL)  
Bill Young (R-FL)  

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