(house rejected the neumann amendment that sought to strike $2.3 billion in forward funding for fema, eliminates the recapture to HUD of $3.8 billion rescission

On May 15, 1997, the House voted 100–324 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1469). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 98–122, Democrats 2–201, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 100
No: 324
Did not vote: 20
Date: May 15, 1997

By party

Republicans98 yes · 122 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 201 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted yes
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted yes
Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted yes
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
Jerry Moran R-KS voted yes
Jim Ryun R-KS voted yes
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted yes
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted yes
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
Rick Hill R-MT voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
Sue Myrick R-NC voted yes
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted yes
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted yes
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted yes
John E. Sununu R-NH voted yes
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
L. William Paxon R-NY voted yes
Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
Steve Largent R-OK voted yes
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted yes
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted yes
George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes

And 20 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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