House roll call 362 · 105th Congress · Sep 5, 1997
(house rejected the miller of california motion to adjourn. .)
On Sep 5, 1997, the House voted 44–339 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 1–198, Democrats 43–141. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 44 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
- 44
- No
- 339
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Sep 5, 1997
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 198 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 141 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-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
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-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
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman 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
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly 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
- 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
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- 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
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell 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
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-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
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt 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
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- 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
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson 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
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-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
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-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
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- 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
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney 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
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-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
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- 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
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-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
- 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
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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