House roll call 899 · 104th Congress · Feb 28, 1996
H.R.2854 by roberts, pat (r-KS) -- federal agriculture improvement and reform act of 1996 agricultural market transition act national natural resources conserva
On Feb 28, 1996, the House voted 167–253 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2854). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 102–130, Democrats 65–122, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 167 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
- 167
- No
- 253
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 28, 1996
By party
- Republicans102 yes · 130 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats65 yes · 122 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
- William P. Baker R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA voted yes
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-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
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted yes
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA voted yes
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- James Longley R-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Barbara-Rose Collins 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
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted yes
And 87 more.
The bill
H.R. 2854: To modify the operation of certain agricultural programs.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen 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
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- 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
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- James P. Moran 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
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Ed Pastor D-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
- 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
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-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
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink 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
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson 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
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- 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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- 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
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen 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
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-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
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Other votes
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