On Agreeing to the Amendment

On Jul 15, 2003, the House voted 187–237 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1950). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 173–50, Democrats 14–186, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 members voted against their own party.

During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 187
No: 237
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 15, 2003

By party

Republicans173 yes · 50 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 186 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Doug Ose R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Mary Bono R-CA voted no
Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no
Rodney Alexander D-LA voted yes
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Thomas Osborne R-NE voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Tom Cole R-OK voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Melissa A. Hart R-PA voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Shelley Berkley D-NV
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
William J. Janklow R-SD
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Agreeing to the Amendment: House Vote, Jul 15, 2003,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/108-H-363/on-agreeing-to-the-amendment (accessed 2026-10-14).