House roll call 958 · 105th Congress · Jul 24, 1998
Providing for consideration of H.R. 4250; Patient Protection Act
On Jul 24, 1998, the House voted 279–143 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution” (HRES 509). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 219–3, Democrats 60–139, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 279
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jul 24, 1998
By party
- Republicans219 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats60 yes · 139 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- Diana Degette D-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski 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
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
- Ron Kind D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-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
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-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
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis 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
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- 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 Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-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
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. 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
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-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
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- 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
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-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
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-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
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-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
- 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
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- 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
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo 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
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Christopher John D-LA
- 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
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
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