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On Nov 16, 1993, the House voted 149–273 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 322). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 15–239, Republicans 134–38, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 149
No: 273
Did not vote: 19
Date: Nov 16, 1993

By party

Republicans134 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 239 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted yes
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted no
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted no
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
William Orton D-UT voted yes
Scott L. Klug R-WI voted no
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
William P. Baker R-CA
Richard William Pombo R-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
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Jay C. Kim R-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Scott Mcinnis R-CO
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
Daniel Miller R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
James A. Barcia D-MI
Nick H. Smith R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
William E. Barrett R-NE
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
David A. Levy R-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Martin R. Hoke R-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
George William Gekas R-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Richard Keith Armey R-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
William Orton D-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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