House roll call 304 · 106th Congress · Jul 16, 1999
Providing for the consideration of H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act
On Jul 16, 1999, the House voted 263–141 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution” (HRES 250). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 184–25, Democrats 79–115, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 104 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
- 263
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 16, 1999
By party
- Republicans184 yes · 25 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats79 yes · 115 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
- Robert Riley R-AL voted no
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted yes
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted yes
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
- Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
- John B. Larson D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Johnny Isakson R-GA voted no
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC voted no
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
- Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted yes
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Crowley D-NY voted yes
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Steve Largent R-OK voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
And 24 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-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
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald 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
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- John B. Larson 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
- 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
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert 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
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry 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
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-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 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
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-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
- 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
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. 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
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence 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
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-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
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-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
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings 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
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- 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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey 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
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- David Wu D-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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