(house approved the journal of thursday, december 21, 1995.)

On Dec 22, 1995, the House voted 280–78 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 188–13, Democrats 91–65, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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: Passed
Yes: 280
No: 78
Did not vote: 87
Date: Dec 22, 1995

By party

Republicans188 yes · 13 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats91 yes · 65 no · 52 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted no
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted no
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Steve Stockman R-TX voted no
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted no
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
William Orton D-UT voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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