(house rejected the moran amendment, as modified, to prohibit any funds to be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the

On Aug 7, 1998, the House voted 173–247 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4380). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 21–200, Democrats 151–47, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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: 173
No: 247
Did not vote: 24
Date: Aug 7, 1998

By party

Republicans21 yes · 200 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats151 yes · 47 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Diana Degette D-CO voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
Christopher John D-LA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted no
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Jim Turner D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted yes
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted yes
Scott L. Klug R-WI voted yes
Jay W. Johnson D-WI voted no
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV 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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