(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of friday, december 18, 1998.)

On Dec 19, 1998, the House voted 277–125 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 202–4, Democrats 74–121, Independents 1–0. 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: Passed
Yes: 277
No: 125
Did not vote: 42
Date: Dec 19, 1998

By party

Republicans202 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats74 yes · 121 no · 17 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted yes
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
Christopher John D-LA voted yes
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted yes
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted yes
Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted yes
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
Louis Stokes D-OH voted yes
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
Ron Kind D-WI voted yes
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI voted yes
Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
Jay W. Johnson D-WI voted yes
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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