House roll call 998 · 104th Congress · Apr 25, 1996
(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of wednesday, april 24, 1996.)
On Apr 25, 1996, the House voted 338–56 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 202–16, Democrats 135–40, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 338
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Apr 25, 1996
By party
- Republicans202 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats135 yes · 40 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL voted no
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted no
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted no
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- David Funderburk R-NC voted no
- Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
- Frank Tejeda D-TX voted no
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- John Glen Browder D-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
- 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
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- William P. Baker R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit 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
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-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
- 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
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- 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
- Douglas Brian (Pete) Peterson 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
- 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
- Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Jan Meyers R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Cleo Fields D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- James Allison Hayes R-LA
- Peter I. Blute R-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- James Longley R-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- 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
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dick Chrysler R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-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
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. 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
- Melvin L. Watt D-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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Martini R-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley 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
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- 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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Wes Cooley R-OR
- Jim Bunn R-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-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
- 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
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Enid Greene Waldholtz R-UT
- William Orton D-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Michael P. Flanagan R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- David Funderburk R-NC
- Fred Heineman R-NC
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Richard Zimmer R-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Voted present
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Walter R. Tucker III D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Nathan Deal D-GA
- Mel Reynolds D-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- James Allison Hayes D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Barbara-Rose Collins D-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Jim Chapman D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
- Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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