House roll call 254 · 105th Congress · Jul 10, 1997
(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of wednesday, july 9, 1997.)
On Jul 10, 1997, the House voted 364–49 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 201–17, Democrats 163–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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
- 364
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 10, 1997
By party
- Republicans201 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats163 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
- Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
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
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-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
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Walter Holden 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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald 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
- Sonny 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
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis 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
- Corrine Brown 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
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney 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
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- 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
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter 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
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger 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
- 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
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn 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
- 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
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy 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
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- 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
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey 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
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. 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
- 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
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González 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
- 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
- Robert C. Scott 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
- Linda Smith 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
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett 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
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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