House roll call 43 · 104th Congress · Jan 26, 1995
(house rejected the watt of north carolina motion that the committee of the whole rise and report the resolution back to the house.)
On Jan 26, 1995, the House voted 79–342 on “Motion to Rise”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–226, Democrats 78–116, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 78 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
- 79
- No
- 342
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 26, 1995
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 226 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats78 yes · 116 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Walter R. Tucker III 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
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Mel Reynolds D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin 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
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME 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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted yes
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Mel Reynolds 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. 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
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- 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
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-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
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim 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
- 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
- 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
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-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 D-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske 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
- Michael Delavan Ward D-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
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin 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
- 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
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-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
- Roger F. Wicker R-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
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-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
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- 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
- 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
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- 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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-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
- 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
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed 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
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner 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
- 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
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-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
- 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
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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