(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of wednesday, september 24 .)

On Sep 25, 1997, the House voted 331–78 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 180–32, Democrats 150–46, 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: 331
No: 78
Did not vote: 35
Date: Sep 25, 1997

By party

Republicans180 yes · 32 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats150 yes · 46 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg 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
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
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Karen L. Thurman 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
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
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
David Edward Bonior 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
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Rick Hill R-MT voted no
Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted no
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Louis Stokes D-OH voted no
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio 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
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
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Linda Smith 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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