(house rejected the dornan amendment en bloc that sought to prohibit any person to require or otherwise seek the response of a minor to a survey or questionnair

On Apr 4, 1995, the House voted 131–291 on “On agreeing to the Amendments En Bloc” (HR 1271). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 113–111, Democrats 18–179, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 129 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: 131
No: 291
Did not vote: 23
Date: Apr 4, 1995

By party

Republicans113 yes · 111 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 179 no · 11 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
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY 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
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Dick Chrysler R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no

And 49 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “(house rejected the dornan amendment en bloc…: House Vote, Apr 4, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-H-278/house-rejected-the-dornan-amendment-en-bloc-that-sought (accessed 2026-10-17).