(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of thursday, may 9, 1996.)

On May 10, 1996, the House voted 317–71 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 197–21, Democrats 119–50, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 317
No: 71
Did not vote: 56
Date: May 10, 1996

By party

Republicans197 yes · 21 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats119 yes · 50 no · 38 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
David Funderburk R-NC voted no
Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Jim Bunn R-OR voted no
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA voted no
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Steve Stockman R-TX voted no
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX voted no
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Jane L. Harman D-CA

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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