H.RES.233 by menendez (d-NJ) -- resolution relating to a question of priviliges of the house (house rejected the stearns motion to table the resolution.)

On Sep 18, 1997, the House voted 86–291 on “On Motion to Table” (HRES 233). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 86–106, Democrats 0–184, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 86 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: 86
No: 291
Did not vote: 64
Date: Sep 18, 1997

By party

Republicans86 yes · 106 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 184 no · 27 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted yes
Robert Riley R-AL voted yes
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted yes
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted yes
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted yes
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted yes
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
James E. Rogan R-CA voted yes
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted yes
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted yes
Ken Calvert R-CA voted yes
Sonny Bono R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted yes
Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA voted yes
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted yes
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted yes
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted yes
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
Harris W. Fawell R-IL voted yes
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted yes
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted yes
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted yes
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
Jim Ryun R-KS voted yes
Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS voted yes
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Ron Lewis R-KY voted yes
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted yes
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted yes
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted yes
L. William Paxon R-NY voted yes
Steve Chabot R-OH voted yes
Steve Largent R-OK voted yes
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted yes
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted yes
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted yes
George William Gekas R-PA voted yes
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted yes
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
Pete Sessions R-TX voted yes
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted yes
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes

And 6 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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