Calling Upon the President to Respond to the Significant Increase of Steel Imports

On Oct 12, 1998, the House voted 153–249 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree” (HCONRES 350). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 153–62, Democrats 0–186, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 153
No: 249
Did not vote: 42
Date: Oct 12, 1998

By party

Republicans153 yes · 62 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 186 no · 26 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer 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
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly 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
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted no
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY 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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