(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of wednesday, september 17, 1997.)

On Sep 18, 1997, the House voted 337–78 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 181–39, Democrats 155–39, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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: 337
No: 78
Did not vote: 29
Date: Sep 18, 1997

By party

Republicans181 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats155 yes · 39 no · 18 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Jim Ryun R-KS voted no
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick 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
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Chaka Fattah D-PA voted no
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
John Thune R-SD voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA 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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