Employee Commuting Act

On May 23, 1996, the House voted 281–144 on “On Passage” (HR 1227). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 93–138, Democrats 187–6, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 281
No: 144
Did not vote: 20
Date: May 23, 1996

By party

Republicans93 yes · 138 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats187 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted yes
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted yes
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
James Allison Hayes R-LA voted yes
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
James Longley R-ME voted yes
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Dick Chrysler R-MI voted yes
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
William J. Martini R-NJ voted yes
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
Dan Frisa R-NY voted yes
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
Frank Cremeans R-OH voted yes
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Robert William Ney R-OH voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
Jim Bunn R-OR voted yes

And 19 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Employee Commuting Act: House Vote, May 23, 1996,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-H-1061/employee-commuting-act (accessed 2026-10-13).