House roll call 928 · 105th Congress · Jul 20, 1998
(house agreed to the stearns amendment to the shays amendment in the nature of a substitute that prohibits noncitizens from making contributions to candidates f
On Jul 20, 1998, the House voted 267–131 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2183). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 195–23, Democrats 71–108, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 94 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
- 267
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jul 20, 1998
By party
- Republicans195 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats71 yes · 108 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO 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
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Peter T. King R-NY voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
And 14 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
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-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
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard 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
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) 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
- Peter R. Deutsch D-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
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane 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
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-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
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker 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
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-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
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-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
- 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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne 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
- 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
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith 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
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-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
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney 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
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- David Edward Bonior 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
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez 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
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Did not vote
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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