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House Vote on Termination of the SSC

OCT 28, 1993

On October 19, the House of Representatives voted to terminate the Superconducting Super Collider. Through a series of complicated parliamentary procedures, the House voted to send its conferees back to the Energy and Water Development appropriations conference committee with instructions to terminate the collider. The vote was 282 to terminate the collider; 143 in support of it.

The following are those representatives who voted to support the collider. Members who did not vote are also listed. All other representatives voted against the collider.

VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE COLLIDER (143):

DEMOCRATS (85)

Ackerman G (NY)

Gephardt R (MO)

Murtha J (PA)

Andrews M (TX)

Geren P (TX)

Nadler J (NY)

Andrews R (NJ)

Gibbons S (FL)

Natcher W (KY)

Bacchus J (FL)

Gonzalez H (TX)

Ortiz S (TX)

Barlow T (KY)

Green G (TX)

Pastor E (AZ)

Bevill T (AL)

Hall R (TX)

Payne L (VA)

Bishop S (GA)

Hastings A (FL)

Peterson P (FL)

Bonior D (MI)

Hayes J (LA)

Pickett O (VA)

Borski R (PA)

Hilliard E (AL)

Pickle J (TX)

Boucher R (VA)

Hochbrueckner G (NY)

Reynolds M (IL)

Brooks J (TX)

Hoyer S (MD)

Richardson (NM)

Browder G (AL)

Jefferson W (LA)

Roemer T (IN)

Brown C (FL)

Johnson E (TX)

Rose C (NC)

Brown G (CA)

Kopetski M (OR)

Sarpalius (TX)

Chapman J (TX)

LaRocco L (ID)

Schenk L (CA)

Clay W (MO)

Laughlin G (TX)

Scott R (VA)

Coleman R (TX)

Lloyd M (TN)

Skelton I (MO)

Coyne W (PA)

Lowey N (NY)

Smith N (IA)

Cramer R (AL)

Manton T (NY)

Stenholm C (TX)

Darden G (GA)

Matsui R (CA)

Stokes L (OH)

de la Garza E (TX)

McCloskey F (IN)

Tejeda F (TX)

Derrick B (SC)

McDermott J (WA)

Thompson B (MS)

Dicks N (WA)

McHale P (PA)

Torres E (CA)

Dixon J (CA)

McNulty M (NY)

Torricelli (NJ)

Edwards C (TX)

Meek C (FL)

Traficant (OH)

Fazio V (CA)

Mineta N (CA)

Volkmer H (MO)

Fields C (LA)

Mollohan A (WV)

Whitten J (MS)

Frost M (TX)

Montgomery G (MS)

Wilson C (TX)

Furse E (OR)

REPUBLICANS (58)

Armey D (TX)

Dunn J (WA)

McCollum B (FL)

Bachus S (AL)

Emerson B (MO)

McCrery J (LA)

Baker R (LA)

Everett T (AL)

McDade J (PA)

Bartlett R (MD)

Fields J (TX)

Mica J (FL)

Barton J (TX)

Franks B (NJ)

Michel R (IL)

Bateman H (VA)

Franks G (CT)

Moorhead C (CA)

Bentley H (MD)

Gallegly E (CA)

Myers J (IN)

Blute P (MA)

Gallo D (NJ)

Oxley M (OH)

Boehner J (OH)

Gilchrest W (MD)

Packard R (CA)

Bonilla H (TX)

Gingrich N (GA)

Roberts P (KS)

Buyer S (IN)

Goodlatte R (VA)

Rogers H (KY)

Callahan S (AL)

Grams R (MN)

Santorum R (PA)

Combest L (TX)

Hansen J (UT)

Skeen J (NM)

Cox C (CA)

Horn S (CA)

Smith L (TX)

Crapo M (ID)

Johnson S (TX)

Stump B (AZ)

Cunningham R (CA)

Lewis J (CA)

Taylor C (NC)

DeLay T (TX)

Lightfoot J (IA)

Thomas B (CA)

Diaz-Balart L (FL)

Livingston R (LA)

Vucanovich (NV)

Dornan R (CA)

McCandless A (CA)

Young D (AK)

Dreier D (CA)

NOT VOTING ON THE COLLIDER

(9):

DEMOCRATS (7)

Bryant J (TX)

Ford H (TN)

Moakley J (MA)

Engel E (NY)

McCurdy D (OK)

Murphy A (PA)

Foley T (WA)

REPUBLICANS (2)

Schiff S (NM)

Smith N (MI)

VOTED AGAINST THE COLLIDER

(282):

All representatives not listed above

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