Helping Empower Low-Income Parents (HELP) Scholarships Amendments

On Nov 4, 1997, the House voted 191–228 on “On Passage” (HR 2746). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 187–35, Democrats 4–192, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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: 191
No: 228
Did not vote: 25
Date: Nov 4, 1997

By party

Republicans187 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 192 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Christopher John D-LA voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
John Thune R-SD voted no
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Scott L. Klug R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “Helping Empower Low-Income Parents (HELP)…: House Vote, Nov 4, 1997,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-563/helping-empower-low-income-parents-help-scholarships-amendments (accessed 2026-10-17).