House roll call 195 · 104th Congress · Mar 6, 1995
(house rejected the mchale amendment adding language providing guidelines for the legal determination of a frivolous complaint and providing that, if a defendan
On Mar 6, 1995, the House voted 115–306 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 988). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 51–173, Democrats 64–132, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 115 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
- 115
- No
- 306
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 6, 1995
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 173 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 132 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- William P. Baker R-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted yes
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted yes
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
And 35 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-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
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-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
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- 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 D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr 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
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman 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
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- 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
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-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
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- 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
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- 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
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- 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
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- 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
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-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
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent 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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- James A. Mcdermott 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
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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