House roll call 590 · 104th Congress · Jul 31, 1995
(house rejected the ensign amendment that sought to increase VA medical care to $16.961 billion, reduce NASA's human space flight by $89.5 million, and reduce t
On Jul 31, 1995, the House voted 121–296 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2099). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 45–182, Democrats 75–114, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 120 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
- 121
- No
- 296
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 31, 1995
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 182 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats75 yes · 114 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted yes
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted yes
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted yes
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted yes
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted yes
- Cleo Fields D-LA voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted yes
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted yes
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
And 40 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- William Orton D-UT
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly 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
- 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
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley 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
- Bob Barr R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Ron Lewis R-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
- 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
- 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
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. 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
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-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
- 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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Other votes
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