House roll call 1021 · 105th Congress · Aug 5, 1998
(house rejected the kucinich amendment that sought to prohibit any funds to be used for the filing of a complaint in any legal action brought under specified se
On Aug 5, 1998, the House voted 200–228 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4276). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 71–153, Democrats 128–75, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 146 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
- 200
- No
- 228
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 5, 1998
By party
- Republicans71 yes · 153 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats128 yes · 75 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Riley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted yes
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted no
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted yes
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted no
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted no
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
- Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted yes
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted no
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- Christopher John D-LA voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted no
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- James A. Gibbons R-NV voted yes
And 66 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens 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
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa 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
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-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
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-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
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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