House roll call 1080 · 105th Congress · Sep 24, 1998
Workforce Improvement and Protection Act
On Sep 24, 1998, the House voted 288–133 on “On Passage” (HR 3736). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 189–34, Democrats 99–98, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 132 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 288
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Sep 24, 1998
By party
- Republicans189 yes · 34 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats99 yes · 98 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Bob Barr R-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
And 52 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi 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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps 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
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss 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
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez 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
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-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
- 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
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- 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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- 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
- Melvin L. Watt D-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
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh 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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford 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
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-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
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott 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
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo 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
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- 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
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- 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
Did not vote
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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