House roll call 491 · 105th Congress · Oct 7, 1997
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact
On Oct 7, 1997, the House voted 309–107 on “On Passage” (HR 629). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 189–36, Democrats 119–71, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 107 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
- 309
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Oct 7, 1997
By party
- Republicans189 yes · 36 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats119 yes · 71 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted no
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA voted no
- James E. Rogan R-CA voted no
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted no
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates 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
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted no
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
And 27 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- 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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher 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
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-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
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- 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
- 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
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- 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
- 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
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-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
- 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
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- 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
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-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
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-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
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-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
- 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
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-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
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf 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
- 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
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- 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
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- John Walter Olver 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith 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
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Did not vote
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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