House roll call 1236 · 104th Congress · Jul 30, 1996
Working Families Flexibility Act of 1996
On Jul 30, 1996, the House voted 225–195 on “On Passage” (HR 2391). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 211–19, Democrats 14–175, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 33 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
- 225
- No
- 195
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 30, 1996
By party
- Republicans211 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 175 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- William J. Martini R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Peter T. King R-NY voted no
- Dan Frisa R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Steve Stockman R-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-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
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-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
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Michael Delavan Ward 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
- 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
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton 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
- 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
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- William Orton D-UT
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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