(house rejected the bass amendment numbered 10 printed in the congressional record that sought to reduce funding for the advanced technology program by $43 mill

On Aug 4, 1998, the House voted 155–267 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4276). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 135–88, Democrats 20–178, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 108 members voted against their own party.

During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 155
No: 267
Did not vote: 22
Date: Aug 4, 1998

By party

Republicans135 yes · 88 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 178 no · 14 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
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Mary Bono R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Julia May Carson D-IN voted yes
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted no
John Cooksey R-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no

And 28 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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