House roll call 421 · 105th Congress · Sep 24, 1997
(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of tuesday, september 23, 1997.)
On Sep 24, 1997, the House voted 324–81 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 184–25, Democrats 139–56, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 81 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
- 324
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Sep 24, 1997
By party
- Republicans184 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats139 yes · 56 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez 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
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
- Bart T. Stupak 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
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted no
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted no
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted no
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
- Jon D. Fox 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
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- 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
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-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
- 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
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson 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
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Jim Davis D-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
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink 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
- 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
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-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
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-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
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt 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
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- 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
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge 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
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- 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
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-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
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey 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
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter 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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes 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
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-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
- William Joseph Coyne D-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
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner 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
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey 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
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- 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
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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