House roll call 31 · 105th Congress · Mar 6, 1997
(house rejected the miller of california motion to adjourn.)
On Mar 6, 1997, the House voted 75–293 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 2–196, Democrats 73–97. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 75 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
- 75
- No
- 293
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Mar 6, 1997
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 196 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats73 yes · 97 no · 42 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA voted yes
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Diana Degette D-CO voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- James Allen Nussle R-IA 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Christopher John D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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