House roll call 583 · 104th Congress · Jul 28, 1995
(house rejected the defazio amendent that sought to increase the veterans health administration medical care appropriation by $12 million and reduce the appropr
On Jul 28, 1995, the House voted 175–242 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2099). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 60–166, Democrats 114–76, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 136 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
- 175
- No
- 242
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 28, 1995
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 166 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats114 yes · 76 no · 18 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted yes
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted yes
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- James Longley R-ME voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Dick Chrysler R-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- William E. Barrett R-NE voted yes
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- William J. Martini R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
And 56 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James Allison Hayes 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
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton 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
- 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
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Gary Leonard Ackerman 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan 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
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-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
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-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
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman 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
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- 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
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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