National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act

On Oct 12, 1998, the House voted 153–248 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (S 2095). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 148–66, Democrats 5–181, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 153
No: 248
Did not vote: 43
Date: Oct 12, 1998

By party

Republicans148 yes · 66 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 181 no · 26 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman 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
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Merrill Cook R-UT voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA voted no
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “National Fish and Wildlife Foundation…: House Vote, Oct 12, 1998,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-1142/national-fish-and-wildlife-foundation-establishment-act (accessed 2026-10-17).