House roll call 1061 · 105th Congress · Sep 16, 1998
(house rejected the waters amendment that sought to strike sections providing additional eradication resources for colombia and mexico, and to strike the sense
On Sep 16, 1998, the House voted 67–354 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4300). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 1–220, Democrats 65–134, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 66 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
- 67
- No
- 354
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Sep 16, 1998
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 220 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats65 yes · 134 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Robert A. Brady D-PA voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI voted yes
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III 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
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon 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
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-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
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr 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
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-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
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-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
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm 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
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Linda Smith R-WA
Other votes
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