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On Mar 19, 1998, the House voted 335–79 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2870). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 139–79, Democrats 195–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: Agreed to
Yes: 335
No: 79
Did not vote: 30
Date: Mar 19, 1998

By party

Republicans139 yes · 79 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats195 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
James E. Rogan R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Jim Ryun R-KS voted no
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
L. William Paxon R-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Kay Granger R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted no
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted no
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA voted no
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 2870: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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