(house rejected the martinez motion to adjourn.)

On Nov 6, 1997, the House voted 79–333 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–217, Democrats 79–115, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 79 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: 79
No: 333
Did not vote: 32
Date: Nov 6, 1997

By party

Republicans0 yes · 217 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats79 yes · 115 no · 18 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
George Miller D-CA voted yes
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted yes
Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX voted yes
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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