(house agreed to the motion that the committee rise.)

On Jul 17, 1997, the House voted 344–73 on “On Motion that the Committee Rise”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 164–54, Democrats 179–19, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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: 344
No: 73
Did not vote: 27
Date: Jul 17, 1997

By party

Republicans164 yes · 54 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats179 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Merrill Cook R-UT voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV 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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