(house rejected the serrano amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for the advisory board for cuba broadcasting.)

On Jul 26, 1995, the House voted 150–277 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2076). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 8–221, Democrats 141–56, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 150
No: 277
Did not vote: 18
Date: Jul 26, 1995

By party

Republicans8 yes · 221 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats141 yes · 56 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted no
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
Wes Cooley R-OR voted yes
Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
Jim Chapman D-TX voted no
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted no
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted no
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
Frank Tejeda D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted no
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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