House roll call 602 · 104th Congress · Aug 3, 1995
Providing for the consideration of H.R. 1555; Communications Act of 1995
On Aug 3, 1995, the House voted 255–156 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution” (HRES 207). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 193–30, Democrats 62–125, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 92 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
- 255
- No
- 156
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 3, 1995
By party
- Republicans193 yes · 30 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats62 yes · 125 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
- John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted yes
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted yes
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted yes
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY voted yes
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Steve Largent R-OK voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted yes
- Jim Bunn R-OR voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Quillen R-TN voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- Ed Bryant R-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
And 12 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- 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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Andrea Seastrand R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-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
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica 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
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-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
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde 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
- 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
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-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
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-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
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- 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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- 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
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Dan Frisa R-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert 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
- 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
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- 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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-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
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-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
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee 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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- 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
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- John Glen Browder 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
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman 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
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-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
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-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
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt 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
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer 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
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- 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
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski 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
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-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
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- William Orton D-UT
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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