(house rejected the christensen amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay for the salaries and expenses of any elevator operator in the house of

On Jun 22, 1995, the House voted 177–246 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1854). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 148–79, Democrats 29–166, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 108 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: 177
No: 246
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jun 22, 1995

By party

Republicans148 yes · 79 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 166 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Sonny Bono R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted yes
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
Wes Cooley R-OR voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes

And 28 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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