House roll call 865 · 104th Congress · Dec 22, 1995
Amending the Rules of the House
On Dec 22, 1995, the House voted 259–128 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution, as amended” (HRES 299). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 213–5, Democrats 46–122, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 259
- No
- 128
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Dec 22, 1995
By party
- Republicans213 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 122 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA voted yes
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted no
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted yes
- William Orton D-UT voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-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
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-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
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-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
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- 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
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- 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
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-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
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette 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
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta 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
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement 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
- Steve Stockman R-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
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda 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
- 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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth 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
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- John Walter Olver 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
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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