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On Mar 20, 1996, the House voted 170–250 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2202). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 161–71, Democrats 9–178, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 170
No: 250
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 20, 1996

By party

Republicans161 yes · 71 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 178 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS 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
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Dick Chrysler R-MI voted no
James Matthes Talent R-MO voted no
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
William H. Zeliff Jr. R-NH voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM 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
Susan Molinari 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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
Jim Bunn R-OR voted no
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted no
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA voted no
Linda Smith R-WA voted no
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA voted no
Scott L. Klug R-WI voted no
Steven Craig Gunderson 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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