House roll call 320 · 106th Congress · Jul 21, 1999
H R 2415 author(s): sanders of vermont amendment question: on agreeing to the amendment to enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to
On Jul 21, 1999, the House voted 117–307 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2415). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 19–197, Democrats 97–110, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 116 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 117
- No
- 307
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 21, 1999
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 197 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats97 yes · 110 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
- Michael Thompson D-CA 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
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted yes
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted yes
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted yes
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted yes
And 36 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- 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
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- 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
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- 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
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- 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
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner 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
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Zoe Lofgren 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
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez 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
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-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
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns 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
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Johnny Isakson 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 K. Simpson 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
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-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
- John Nathan Hostettler 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- 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
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- 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
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-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
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton 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
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-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
- William Joseph Coyne 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
- 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
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-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
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-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
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-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
Did not vote
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Peterson R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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