House roll call 394 · 105th Congress · Sep 17, 1997
(house rejected the miller of california motion to adjourn.)
On Sep 17, 1997, the House voted 43–355 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–210, Democrats 43–145. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 43 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
- 43
- No
- 355
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Sep 17, 1997
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 210 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 145 no · 24 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
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-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
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. 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
- 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
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-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
- 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
- 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
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-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
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie 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
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller 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
- 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
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin 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
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley 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
- 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
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- 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
- Michael (Mike) Parker 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
- 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
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- 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
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel 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
- James T. Walsh 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
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham 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
- Robert Nelson Clement D-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
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson 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
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- 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
- 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
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Voted present
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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