House roll call 389 · 104th Congress · Jun 21, 1995
(house rejected the obey amendment that sought to reduce funding for military construction by $50 million.)
On Jun 21, 1995, the House voted 163–258 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1817). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 31–190, Democrats 131–68, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 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
- 163
- No
- 258
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 21, 1995
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 190 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats131 yes · 68 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- William J. Martini R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- Wes Cooley R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted no
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted no
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted no
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted no
And 19 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-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
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-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
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-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
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- 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
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-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
- 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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- William Orton D-UT
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-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
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- 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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-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
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono 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
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-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
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- 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
- 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
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- 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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers 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 D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen 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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman 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 Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot 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
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood 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
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- 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
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-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
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-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
- 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
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher 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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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