On Agreeing to the Amendment

On Jun 24, 2004, the House voted 185–230 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4663). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 172–48, Democrats 13–181, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 185
No: 230
Did not vote: 25
Date: Jun 24, 2004

By party

Republicans172 yes · 48 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats13 yes · 181 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Rick Renzi R-AZ voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Devin Nunes R-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Darrell Issa R-CA voted no
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Ken Lucas D-KY voted yes
Candice S. Miller R-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Jon C. Porter R-NV voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Michael R. Turner R-OH voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted no
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
Jo Ann Davis R-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted no
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
Ed Case D-HI
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Julia May Carson D-IN
Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
William J. Janklow R-SD
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Agreeing to the Amendment: House Vote, Jun 24, 2004,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/108-H-981/on-agreeing-to-the-amendment (accessed 2026-10-14).