House roll call 626 · 104th Congress · Sep 7, 1995
(house rejected the obey amendment that sought to reduce the air force research, development, test and evaluation appropriation by $1 billion.)
On Sep 7, 1995, the House voted 126–293 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2126). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 22–204, Democrats 103–89, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 111 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
- 126
- No
- 293
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Sep 7, 1995
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 204 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats103 yes · 89 no · 16 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
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY voted no
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
- James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS 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
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
- Bill Richardson D-NM voted no
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY voted no
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- Frank Cremeans R-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
- Wes Cooley R-OR voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Jon D. Fox R-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
And 31 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-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
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- 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
- 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
- James Thomas Kolbe 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
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta 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
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-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
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-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
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- 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 Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-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
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- 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
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers 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 R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- 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
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-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 Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- 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
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- 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
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- James Henry Quillen 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
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay 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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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