House roll call 476 · 105th Congress · Oct 1, 1997
Refugee Assistance Authorization
On Oct 1, 1997, the House voted 230–193 on “On motion to suspend rules and pass” (S 1161). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 197–24, Democrats 33–168, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 230
- No
- 193
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Oct 1, 1997
By party
- Republicans197 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 168 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted no
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- John Cooksey R-LA voted no
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Steve Largent R-OK voted no
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted no
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn 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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley 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
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-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
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller 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
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton 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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- 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
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman 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
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-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
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- 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
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- 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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller 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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- 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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens 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
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- 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
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson 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
Did not vote
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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