(house rejected the tiahrt amendment reducing the appropriation for fossil energy research and development by $163.6 million.)

On Jul 17, 1995, the House voted 144–267 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1977). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 113–110, Democrats 30–157, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 140 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: 144
No: 267
Did not vote: 34
Date: Jul 17, 1995

By party

Republicans113 yes · 110 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 157 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 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
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
George Miller D-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL 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
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Karen Mccarthy D-MO 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
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no

And 60 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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