House roll call 420 · 105th Congress · Sep 24, 1997
(house rejected the miller of california motion to adjourn.)
On Sep 24, 1997, the House voted 59–342 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 1–207, Democrats 58–134, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 59 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
- 59
- No
- 342
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Sep 24, 1997
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 207 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats58 yes · 134 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch 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
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ 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
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Ron Kind D-WI voted yes
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
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
- 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
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-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
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters 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
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert 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
- 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
- Christopher H. Shays R-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 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
- 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
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. 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
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- 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
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- 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
- Lynn Nancy Rivers 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Edolphus Towns 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 Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. 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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-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
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-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
- Robert Durden Inglis R-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
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes 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
- 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
- Norman Sisisky 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
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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