House roll call 1287 · 104th Congress · Sep 19, 1996
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
On Sep 19, 1996, the House voted 288–133 on “On Motion to Discharge the Judiciary Committee” (HR 1833). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 216–13, Democrats 72–119, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 85 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
- 288
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Sep 19, 1996
By party
- Republicans216 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats72 yes · 119 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted yes
- William Orton D-UT voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill 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
- 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
- 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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-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
- 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
- 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 William (Bill) Young 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 Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot 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
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- 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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers 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
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-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
- 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
- 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
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon 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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- 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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-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
- Philip Sheridan English R-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
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. 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
- 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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-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
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-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
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra 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
- 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
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek 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
- 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey 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
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-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
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Did not vote
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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