H R 853 author(s): gekas of pennsylvania amendment question: on agreeing to the amendment comprehensive budget process reform act

On May 16, 2000, the House voted 173–236 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 853). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 164–48, Democrats 8–187, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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: 173
No: 236
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 16, 2000

By party

Republicans164 yes · 48 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 187 no · 18 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Doug Ose R-CA voted no
Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
John Cooksey R-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
Kay Granger R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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