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Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991, and for other purposes.

Public Law 101-444 · H.J.Res. 677 · 101st Congress · began in the House

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 19, 1990 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 379 yea, 37 nay379–37
SenateVoice vote

Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified law; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991.

Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds.

Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until October 24, 1990.

Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 24, 1990.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 380 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

380 yea37 nay15 present or did not vote

Dimension 2

Economic left–right

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Democrats who voted yea(242)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4

Republicans who voted yea(138)

Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-12
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. James GrantD-FL-2
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Jack BuechnerR-MO-2
Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
Rep. Craig ThomasR-WY
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Donald LukensR-OH-8
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 830 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Appropriations Committee · House · discharged from, referred to
Ways and Means Committee · House · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 16 actions.

Oct 19, 1990Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-444.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Oct 18, 1990FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
FloorFloor · On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 379 - 37 (Roll no. 487).House roll call 487
FloorFloor · DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the House proceeded with one hour of debate.
FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
FloorFloor · Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent to discharge from committees and consider.
FloorFloor · CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION - Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that it be in order to consider H.J. Res. 677 in the House; that the Joint Resolution be debatable for not to exceed one hour; that all points of order against the Joint Resolution and against its consideration b…
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Appropriations Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Ways and Means Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.