(house rejected the vento amendment that sought to increase funding for homeless assistance grants by $184 million and funding for fema emergency management pla

On Jul 27, 1995, the House voted 160–260 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2099). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 10–215, Democrats 149–45, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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: 160
No: 260
Did not vote: 25
Date: Jul 27, 1995

By party

Republicans10 yes · 215 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats149 yes · 45 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY 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
James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
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
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted yes
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
William Orton D-UT voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
James P. Moran D-VA voted no
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA 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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