House roll call 618 · 105th Congress · Nov 9, 1997
Regarding Religious Persecution in Germany
On Nov 9, 1997, the House voted 101–318 on “Suspend the rules and agree, as amended” (HCONRES 22). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 42–177, Democrats 59–140, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 101 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
- 101
- No
- 318
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Nov 9, 1997
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 177 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats59 yes · 140 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted yes
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- James E. Rogan R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
- Jay C. Kim R-CA voted yes
- Ken Calvert R-CA voted yes
- Sonny Bono R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted yes
- Diana Degette D-CO voted yes
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted yes
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted yes
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted yes
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce 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
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- 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
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos 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
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) 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
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis 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
- 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
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-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
- 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
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-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
- 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella 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
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- 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
- James Matthes Talent R-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
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-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
- 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
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-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
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. 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
- John S. Tanner 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
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-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
- 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
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey 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
Voted present
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Did not vote
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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