(house rejected the royce amendment numbered 15 printed in the congressional record that sought to delete the advanced technology program (atp) funding of $180.

On Aug 5, 1998, the House voted 137–291 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4276). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 127–98, Democrats 10–192, 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: 137
No: 291
Did not vote: 16
Date: Aug 5, 1998

By party

Republicans127 yes · 98 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 192 no · 10 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
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly 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
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO 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
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Charles Terrance Canady 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
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
Saxby Chambliss R-GA 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
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker 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
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
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
Jon Lynn Christensen 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
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh 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

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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