House roll call 613 · 104th Congress · Aug 4, 1995
H.R.1555 by bliley (r-VA) -- communications act of 1995 (house agreed to the bliley amendment that, among other things, shortens from 15 to 6 months the length
On Aug 4, 1995, the House voted 256–149 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1555). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 158–65, Democrats 98–83, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 148 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
- 256
- No
- 149
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Aug 4, 1995
By party
- Republicans158 yes · 65 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats98 yes · 83 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- William P. Baker R-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA voted no
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted no
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted no
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- Cleo Fields D-LA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN 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
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
And 68 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- 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
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis 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
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-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
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske 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
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- James Longley R-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp 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
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson 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
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas 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
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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