(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of tuesday, june 17, 1997.)

On Jun 18, 1997, the House voted 366–50 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 192–22, Democrats 173–28, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 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: 366
No: 50
Did not vote: 28
Date: Jun 18, 1997

By party

Republicans192 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats173 yes · 28 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
Linda Smith R-WA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA 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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