H.R.2127 by porter (r-il) -- departments of labor, health, and human services, and education, and related agencies appropriations act, 1996 department of labor

On Aug 3, 1995, the House voted 136–286 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2127). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 133–96, Democrats 3–189, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 99 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: 136
No: 286
Did not vote: 23
Date: Aug 3, 1995

By party

Republicans133 yes · 96 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 189 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Frank D. Riggs R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO 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
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
William J. Martini R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Dan Frisa R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no

And 19 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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