House roll call 63 · 105th Congress · Mar 20, 1997
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
On Mar 20, 1997, the House voted 149–282 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 1122). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 16–210, Democrats 132–72, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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
- 149
- No
- 282
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 20, 1997
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 210 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats132 yes · 72 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- Sam Farr D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- Christopher John D-LA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton 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
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted no
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted no
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted no
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
- Jim Turner D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
And 8 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra 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
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- 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
- 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
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- 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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott 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
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry 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
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-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
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette 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
- 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
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-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
- 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
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller 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
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer 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
- 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
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-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
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen 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
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) 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
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- 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
- 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
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen 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
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-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
- Robert Freeman Smith R-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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz 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
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. 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
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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