Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act

On Sep 25, 1998, the House voted 180–243 on “On Passage” (HR 2621). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 151–71, Democrats 29–171, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 100 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: 180
No: 243
Did not vote: 18
Date: Sep 25, 1998

By party

Republicans151 yes · 71 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 171 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Rick Hill R-MT voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon 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
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no

And 20 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act: House Vote, Sep 25, 1998,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-1086/reciprocal-trade-agreement-authorities-act (accessed 2026-10-16).