House roll call 941 · 104th Congress · Mar 20, 1996
(house agreed to the gallegly amendment that gives states the option to deny public education to illegal aliens; and provides that states, if asked, would be re
On Mar 20, 1996, the House voted 257–163 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2202). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 213–20, Democrats 44–142, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 257
- No
- 163
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 20, 1996
By party
- Republicans213 yes · 20 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 142 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Glen Browder D-AL voted yes
- Tom Bevill D-AL voted yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- James Longley R-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted no
- Susan Molinari R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- William K. Brewster D-OK voted yes
- Jim Bunn R-OR voted no
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Charles Wilson D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA voted no
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Gary A. Franks R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-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
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- James Allen Nussle 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
- 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
- Glenn Poshard D-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
- 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-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 R-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-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
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- 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
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-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
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Frank Cremeans R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Martin R. Hoke R-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
- Wes Cooley 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. 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
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Randy J. Tate R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Michael Delavan Ward D-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal 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
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- John Wiley Bryant D-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson D-FL
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
Other votes
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