House roll call 1090 · 103rd Congress · Oct 7, 1994
(house rejected the vento amendment that sought to eliminate provisions to index future pilt increases according to the rate of inflation.)
On Oct 7, 1994, the House voted 194–221 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (S 455). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 121–130, Republicans 74–92, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 195 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
- 194
- No
- 221
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Oct 7, 1994
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 92 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats121 yes · 130 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted yes
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Mel Reynolds D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted yes
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted yes
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Cleo Fields D-LA voted yes
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
And 115 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis 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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- 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
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Richard Swett D-NH
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Peter T. King R-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
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- David Scott Mann D-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Ron De Lugo D-VI
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler 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
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Karan English D-AZ
- Daniel Hamburg D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley 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
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Lynn Schenk D-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
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Thomas J. Barlow III D-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- 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
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews 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
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Karen Shepherd D-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Leslie Larkin Byrne D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- David A. Levy R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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