Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act

On Nov 4, 1997, the House voted 240–167 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 948). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 58–157, Democrats 181–10, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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: 240
No: 167
Did not vote: 37
Date: Nov 4, 1997

By party

Republicans58 yes · 157 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats181 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted yes
Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted yes
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted yes
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
David Timothy Dreier 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
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted yes
Charles Terrance Canady R-FL voted yes
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted yes
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted yes
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted yes
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted yes
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
Rick Hill R-MT voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Sue Myrick R-NC voted yes
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted yes
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted yes
John Peterson R-PA voted yes
Joseph R. Pitts 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
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Kay Granger R-TX voted yes
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted yes
Merrill Cook R-UT voted yes
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA voted yes
James P. Moran D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa…: House Vote, Nov 4, 1997,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/105-H-568/burt-lake-band-of-ottawa-and-chippewa-indians-act (accessed 2026-10-17).