House roll call 508 · 104th Congress · Jul 18, 1995
(house agreed to the klug amendment that prohibits the use of funds to be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or
On Jul 18, 1995, the House voted 271–153 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1977). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 95–134, Democrats 175–19, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 114 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
- Agreed to
- Yes
- 271
- No
- 153
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 18, 1995
By party
- Republicans95 yes · 134 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats175 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Jay C. Kim R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- James Allen Nussle R-IA voted yes
- Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- James Longley R-ME 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
- Dick Chrysler R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- John Patrick Williams D-MT voted no
- David Funderburk R-NC voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted yes
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- William J. Martini R-NJ voted yes
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Dan Frisa R-NY voted yes
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted yes
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted yes
And 34 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Jay C. Kim 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
- 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
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-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
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- 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
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn 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
- 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
- Dick Chrysler 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
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- 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
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-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
- 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-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
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood 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
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- 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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- 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
- 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
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-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
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-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
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono 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
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- 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
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Robert William Ney 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
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman 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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
Other votes
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