House roll call 59 · 103rd Congress · Mar 10, 1993
(house agreed to the bliley amendment, as amended by the waxman substitute that restores the fetal tissue research certification requirements and adds an additi
On Mar 10, 1993, the House voted 256–162 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4). Result: Agreed to. By party: Democrats 215–35, Republicans 45–127, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 members voted against their own party.
During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Agreed to
- Yes
- 256
- No
- 162
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 10, 1993
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 127 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats215 yes · 35 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
- Michael Huffington R-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- John Nathan Deal D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted no
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted yes
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted yes
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
- Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA voted yes
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- William Sarpalius D-TX voted no
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted no
- William Orton D-UT voted no
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA voted yes
- Scott L. Klug R-WI voted yes
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Karan English D-AZ
- Daniel Hamburg D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Michael Huffington R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Lynn Schenk D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Thomas J. Barlow III D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- David Scott Mann D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Lucien Edward Blackwell D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Karen Shepherd D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Leslie Larkin Byrne D-VA
- Ron De Lugo D-VI
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler D-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- David A. Levy R-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Peter William Barca D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Other votes
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