(house rejected the chabot amendment that sought to strike all funding for the national endowment for the humanities.)

On Jul 18, 1995, the House voted 148–277 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1977). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 136–93, Democrats 12–183, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 105 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: 148
No: 277
Did not vote: 20
Date: Jul 18, 1995

By party

Republicans136 yes · 93 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 183 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen 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
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
William J. Martini R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no

And 25 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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