House roll call 251 · 104th Congress · Mar 22, 1995
(house rejected the talent amendment that sought to increase the minimum number of hours that a recipient with children over the age of 5 has to work from 20 ho
On Mar 22, 1995, the House voted 96–337 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 81–148, Democrats 15–188, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 96 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 96
- No
- 337
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 22, 1995
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 148 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 188 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted yes
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted yes
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- William P. Baker R-CA voted yes
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted yes
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA voted yes
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted yes
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
- John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
- Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted yes
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted yes
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted yes
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
- Dick Chrysler R-MI voted yes
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
- David Funderburk R-NC voted yes
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted yes
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
- L. William Paxon R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted yes
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Steve Largent R-OK voted yes
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted yes
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted yes
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted yes
- Wes Cooley R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
And 16 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-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
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
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
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- 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
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-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
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer 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
- 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
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Nathan Deal 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
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-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
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson 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
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter 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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio 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
- 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
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- William K. Brewster D-OK
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-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
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
Other votes
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