House roll call 689 · 104th Congress · Oct 11, 1995
(house rejected the roemer amendment that sought to require energy department laboratories to decrease their number of full-time employees by one-third over a p
On Oct 11, 1995, the House voted 135–286 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2405). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 84–144, Democrats 51–141, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 135 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
- 135
- No
- 286
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Oct 11, 1995
By party
- Republicans84 yes · 144 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 141 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted yes
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
- John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
- Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
- John Nathan Deal 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 P. Flanagan R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Danny Lee Burton R-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
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- James Longley R-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- David Funderburk R-NC voted yes
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted yes
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted yes
- Cass Ballenger R-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
And 55 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder 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
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- John Conyers 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 Matthes Talent R-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- 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
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood 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
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Steve Stockman 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
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle 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
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-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
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-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
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn 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
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-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
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon 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
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Saxby Chambliss 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 Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-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
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Vernon James Ehlers 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
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-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
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel 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
- John Michael Mchugh 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
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- William K. Brewster D-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
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- 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
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith 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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- 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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Alan (Rick) White 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
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
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