A Resolution to Adjourn the House for the Memorial Day District Work Period

On May 22, 1997, the House voted 67–278 on “On Agreeing to the Resolution” (HCONRES 87). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 0–173, Republicans 67–104, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 67 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: 67
No: 278
Did not vote: 99
Date: May 22, 1997

By party

Republicans67 yes · 104 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 173 no · 39 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted yes
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
James E. Rogan R-CA voted yes
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted yes
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
Daniel Miller R-FL voted yes
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted yes
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted yes
James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
Sue Myrick R-NC voted yes
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Susan Molinari R-NY voted yes
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
L. William Paxon R-NY voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted yes
John Peterson R-PA voted yes
George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
Mark Sanford R-SC voted yes
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted yes
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted yes
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted yes
Larry Ed Combest R-TX voted yes
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted yes
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted yes
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted yes
Merrill Cook R-UT voted yes
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted yes
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted yes
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI 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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