House roll call 1172 · 104th Congress · Jul 11, 1996
(house rejected the sanders amendment that sought to require reasonable price agreements for the sale of drugs developed by nih.)
On Jul 11, 1996, the House voted 180–242 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 3755). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 23–205, Democrats 156–37, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 180
- No
- 242
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 11, 1996
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 205 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats156 yes · 37 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- James Longley R-ME voted yes
- Dick Chrysler R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted yes
- Jim Chapman D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Henry B. González D-TX voted no
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Orton D-UT voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted no
- James P. Moran D-VA voted no
- Jack Metcalf R-WA voted yes
- Linda Smith R-WA voted yes
- Randy J. Tate R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- 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
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-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
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-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
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-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
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-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
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Anna Georges Eshoo 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
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray 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
- 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
- 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
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-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
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- 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
- 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
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- 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
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly 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 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
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner 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
- 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
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-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
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling 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
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Jim Chapman 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
- 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
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-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
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- 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
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Other votes
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