Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Appropriations FY 2004

On May 18, 2004, the House voted 216–199 on “On Motion to Table Motion to Instruct Conferees” (HR 2660). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 216–1, Democrats 0–197, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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: Passed
Yes: 216
No: 199
Did not vote: 25
Date: May 18, 2004

By party

Republicans216 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 197 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Trent Franks R-AZ
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Corrine Brown D-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
Nick H. Smith R-MI
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
John Peterson R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
William J. Janklow R-SD
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
J. Randy Forbes R-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Labor, Health and Human Services, and…: House Vote, May 18, 2004,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/108-H-855/labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-appropriations-fy (accessed 2026-10-17).