House roll call 1171 · 104th Congress · Jul 11, 1996
(house rejected the hefley amendment that sought to reduce corporation for public broadcasting funding by $1 million.)
On Jul 11, 1996, the House voted 205–219 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 3755). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 190–40, Democrats 15–178, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 205
- No
- 219
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 11, 1996
By party
- Republicans190 yes · 40 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 178 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- James Longley R-ME voted no
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Jim Bunn R-OR voted no
- Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- William Orton D-UT voted yes
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
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
- Matthew James Salmon R-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
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-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
- 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
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-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
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-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
- 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
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-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
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney 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
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-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
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. 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
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis 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
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-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
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin 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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton 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
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-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 Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- 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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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