House roll call 830 · 105th Congress · Jun 4, 1998
Sense of Congress Regarding Tiananmen Square
On Jun 4, 1998, the House voted 305–116 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution” (HCONRES 285). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 219–4, Democrats 85–112, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 305
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 4, 1998
By party
- Republicans219 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats85 yes · 112 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted yes
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Victor F. Snyder 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
- 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
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-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
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-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
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-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
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-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
- 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
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- 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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-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
- 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- 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
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- 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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-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
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-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
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-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
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-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
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-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
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- 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
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert C. Scott 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
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui 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
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman 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
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern 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
- 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
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- 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
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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