(house agreed to the diaz-balart amendment that postpones the termination of supplemental security income and medicaid payments to legal immigrants and rescinds

On May 15, 1997, the House voted 345–74 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1469). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 149–71, Democrats 195–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: Agreed to
Yes: 345
No: 74
Did not vote: 25
Date: May 15, 1997

By party

Republicans149 yes · 71 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats195 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Riley R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted no
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA 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 Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Jim Ryun R-KS voted no
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
L. William Paxon R-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Steve Largent R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
John Thune R-SD voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Ed Bryant R-TN voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. 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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