House roll call 1109 · 104th Congress · Jun 13, 1996
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On Jun 13, 1996, the House voted 101–319 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 3610). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 10–217, Democrats 90–102, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 100 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 101
- No
- 319
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 13, 1996
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 217 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats90 yes · 102 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL 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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-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
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted yes
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
And 20 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- 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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-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
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-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
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-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
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- 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
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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