(house rejected the cooley amendment that sought to strike language which exempts legislation reauthorizing existing laws from point of order provisions so long

On Jan 31, 1995, the House voted 146–287 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 5). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 119–110, Democrats 27–176, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 137 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: 146
No: 287
Did not vote: 12
Date: Jan 31, 1995

By party

Republicans119 yes · 110 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 176 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted yes
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal D-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Dick Chrysler R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted no
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
William J. Martini R-NJ voted no

And 57 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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