House roll call 297 · 106th Congress · Jul 15, 1999
Religious Liberty Protection Act
On Jul 15, 1999, the House voted 306–118 on “On Passage” (HR 1691). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 199–20, Democrats 107–97, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 117 members voted against their own party.
During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 306
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 15, 1999
By party
- Republicans199 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats107 yes · 97 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted no
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- Sam Farr D-CA voted no
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA voted no
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- Mark Udall D-CO voted no
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted no
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Bob Barr R-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted no
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
- John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
And 37 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
- 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
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller 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
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown 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
- Jim Davis D-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
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss 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
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- 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
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- 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
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-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
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-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
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-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
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- 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
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- 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
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- 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
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey 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
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint 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
- Harold Ford Jr. 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
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-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
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Mark Green R-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
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Michael Thompson 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
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-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
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-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
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Sander Martin Levin 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
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
Did not vote
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Other votes
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