(house rejected the hutchinson amendment in the nature of a substitute to use the text of H.R. 2183 and increase limits on pac contributions to political partie

On Aug 6, 1998, the House voted 147–222 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2183). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 121–102, Democrats 26–119, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 128 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: 147
No: 222
Did not vote: 14
Date: Aug 6, 1998

By party

Republicans121 yes · 102 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 119 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
James E. Rogan R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Diana Degette D-CO voted yes
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Christopher John D-LA voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo 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
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted no

And 48 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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