House roll call 616 · 104th Congress · Aug 4, 1995
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On Aug 4, 1995, the House voted 151–271 on “On agreeing to the Amendment, as modified” (HR 1555). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 34–192, Democrats 116–79, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 113 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
- 151
- No
- 271
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Aug 4, 1995
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 192 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats116 yes · 79 no · 13 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
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- Sonny Bono R-CA voted yes
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted yes
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted yes
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Ron Lewis R-KY voted yes
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted no
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- Cleo Fields D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted no
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS 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
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted no
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted no
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted no
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
- Frank Cremeans R-OH voted yes
And 33 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman 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
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- William Orton D-UT
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-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
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-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
- Ken Calvert 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
- 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
- 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
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young 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
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- 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
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller 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
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning 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
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-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
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- 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
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- 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
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Chaka Fattah 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
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- 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
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- 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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Other votes
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