Term Limits Constitutional Amendment

On Mar 29, 1995, the House voted 227–204 on “On Passage” (HJRES 73). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 189–40, Democrats 38–163, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 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: 227
No: 204
Did not vote: 13
Date: Mar 29, 1995

By party

Republicans189 yes · 40 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 163 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted yes
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted yes
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
John Nathan Deal D-GA voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted yes
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
William Orton D-UT voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Steve Stockman R-TX

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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