House roll call 784 · 103rd Congress · May 20, 1994
(house rejected the kennedy amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the U.S. Army school of the americas.)
On May 20, 1994, the House voted 173–215 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4301). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 149–81, Republicans 25–136, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 106 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 173
- No
- 215
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- May 20, 1994
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 136 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats149 yes · 81 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL voted no
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- James Bacchus D-FL voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA voted no
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal D-GA voted no
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA voted no
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- James Allen Nussle R-IA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Mel Reynolds D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY voted no
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Peter I. Blute R-MA voted yes
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted yes
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- William John Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
- David Scott Mann D-OH voted no
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK voted no
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR voted no
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
And 26 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-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
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums 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
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Lynn Schenk D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Larry Larocco D-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Jill Lynette Long D-IN
- Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas Hiram Andrews D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- 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
- Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Richard Swett D-NH
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-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
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Eric D. Fingerhut D-OH
- Michael Lynn Synar 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
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Karen Shepherd D-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- 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
- Myron Bradford (Mike) Kreidler D-WA
- Peter William Barca D-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Samuel G. Coppersmith D-AZ
- 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
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Michael Huffington R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Jay C. Kim 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
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- James Bacchus D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
- James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (Don) D-GA
- Robert A. Underwood D-GU
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
- John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Herbert C. Klein D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- David A. Levy R-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- David Scott Mann D-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
- Carlos A. Romero-Barceló D-PR
- Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- 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
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William Sarpalius D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Did not vote
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- George Miller D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Charles Slattery D-KS
- Thomas J. Barlow III D-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Paul B. Henry R-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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