(house agreed to the gilcrest amendment that modifies the definition of "optimum yield" in order to prohibit regional fishery management councils from allowing

On Oct 18, 1995, the House voted 304–113 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 39). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 126–101, Democrats 177–12, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 113 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: Agreed to
Yes: 304
No: 113
Did not vote: 28
Date: Oct 18, 1995

By party

Republicans126 yes · 101 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats177 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Sonny Bono R-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL voted no
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
James Allen Nussle 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
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Thomas Myers R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
Peter I. Blute R-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
David Funderburk R-NC voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC voted no
Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV voted no
Dan Frisa R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
L. William Paxon R-NY voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
Steve Largent R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted no

And 33 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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