(house rejected the volkmer motion to adjourn.)

On Jul 31, 1996, the House voted 76–344 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–228, Democrats 76–115, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 76 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: 76
No: 344
Did not vote: 25
Date: Jul 31, 1996

By party

Republicans0 yes · 228 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats76 yes · 115 no · 17 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted yes
George Miller D-CA voted yes
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald 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
Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
David Edward Bonior 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
Martin Olav Sabo 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
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
Major Robert Odell Owens 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
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted yes
William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted yes
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
John Wiley Bryant D-TX voted yes
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted yes
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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