(house rejected the clinger amendment that sought to prohibit federal agencies from using appropriated funds to promote public support or opposition for a legis

On Nov 28, 1995, the House voted 190–238 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2564). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 176–56, Democrats 14–181, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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: 190
No: 238
Did not vote: 17
Date: Nov 28, 1995

By party

Republicans176 yes · 56 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 181 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE 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
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss 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
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
Jan Meyers R-KS voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted yes
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
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ 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
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Martin R. Hoke R-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Linda Smith R-WA voted no
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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