Campaign Reform and Election Integrity Act of 1998

On Mar 30, 1998, the House voted 74–337 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 3581). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 74–140, Democrats 0–196, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 74 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: 74
No: 337
Did not vote: 32
Date: Mar 30, 1998

By party

Republicans74 yes · 140 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 196 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted yes
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
James E. Rogan R-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted yes
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted yes
Rick Hill R-MT voted yes
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted yes
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted yes
John E. Sununu R-NH voted yes
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted yes
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK voted yes
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted yes
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
Van Hilleary R-TN voted yes
Ed Bryant R-TN voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
Kay Granger R-TX voted yes
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted yes
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
Merrill Cook R-UT voted yes
Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA voted yes
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Jay C. Kim R-CA

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Campaign Reform and Election Integrity Act…: House Vote, Mar 30, 1998,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-711/campaign-reform-and-election-integrity-act-of-1998 (accessed 2026-10-17).