Paycheck Protection Act

On Mar 30, 1998, the House voted 166–246 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 2608). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 163–52, Democrats 3–193, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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: 166
No: 246
Did not vote: 31
Date: Mar 30, 1998

By party

Republicans163 yes · 52 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 193 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

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, “Paycheck Protection Act: House Vote, Mar 30, 1998,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-713/paycheck-protection-act (accessed 2026-10-14).