(house rejected the hefley amendment that sought to prohibit any funds to be used to implement or enforce executive order 13087 of may 28, 1998. .)

On Aug 5, 1998, the House voted 176–252 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4276). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 161–63, Democrats 15–188, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 members voted against their own party.

During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 176
No: 252
Did not vote: 16
Date: Aug 5, 1998

By party

Republicans161 yes · 63 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 188 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Mary Bono R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) 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
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
John Cooksey R-LA voted no
Christopher John D-LA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio 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
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Kay Granger R-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Scott L. Klug 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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