(house rejected the stearns amendment that sought to strike $109.2 million in funding for payment of arrearages to meet obligations of membership in the united

On Aug 5, 1998, the House voted 165–261 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4276). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 155–69, Democrats 10–191, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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: 165
No: 261
Did not vote: 18
Date: Aug 5, 1998

By party

Republicans155 yes · 69 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 191 no · 11 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
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas 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
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ 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
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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA 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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