House roll call 632 · 105th Congress · Nov 13, 1997
Commerce, State, Justice, the Judiciary Appropriations, FY 1998
On Nov 13, 1997, the House voted 171–216 on “On Motion to Recommit” (HR 2267). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 3–200, Democrats 167–16, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 19 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
- 171
- No
- 216
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Nov 13, 1997
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 200 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats167 yes · 16 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Christopher John D-LA voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- 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
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- 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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-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
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- 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 Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Asa Hutchinson 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
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-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
- 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
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- 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
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins 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
- 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
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- 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
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- 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
- Christopher John D-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Cass Ballenger 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
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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 Francis (Jack) Quinn 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
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich 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
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-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
- 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
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Sam Johnson R-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
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-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
- 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
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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