House roll call 324 · 104th Congress · May 16, 1995
(house rejected the gilchrest amendment that sought to strike language that establishes a new definition of what constitutes a wetland as well as its detailed w
On May 16, 1995, the House voted 180–247 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 961). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 42–186, Democrats 137–61, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 103 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
- 180
- No
- 247
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 16, 1995
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 186 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats137 yes · 61 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Porter J. Goss R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted yes
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- William J. Martini R-NJ voted yes
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted yes
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Jon D. Fox R-PA voted yes
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted yes
- George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
And 23 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-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
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- 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
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- 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
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- 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
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio 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
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-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
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. 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
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-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
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
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-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
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-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
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- 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 William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder 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
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-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
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Michael Delavan Ward D-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
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-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
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. 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
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-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
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann 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
Did not vote
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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