(house rejected the motion to strike the enacting clause.)

On Jul 24, 1997, the House voted 125–300 on “strike the enacting clause”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 1–222, Democrats 123–78, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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: 125
No: 300
Did not vote: 19
Date: Jul 24, 1997

By party

Republicans1 yes · 222 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats123 yes · 78 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
Walter Holden Capps D-CA voted no
Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
James H. Maloney D-CT voted no
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted no
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
Christopher John D-LA voted no
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted no
William Paul Luther D-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Darlene Hooley D-OR voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted no
Jim Turner D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted no
Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted no
Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
Adam Smith D-WA voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV 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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