House roll call 596 · 105th Congress · Nov 6, 1997
(house rejected the gejdenson motion to adjourn.)
On Nov 6, 1997, the House voted 91–321 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 5–212, Democrats 86–108, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 91 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
- 91
- No
- 321
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Nov 6, 1997
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 212 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats86 yes · 108 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi 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
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Loretta Sanchez 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
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR voted yes
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Van Hilleary R-TN voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
And 11 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald 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
- Dana Rohrabacher 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
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. 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
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich 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
- 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
- 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
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II 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
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee 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
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-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
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass 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
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano 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
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-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
- Steven C. Latourette 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
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- George William Gekas 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 Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady 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
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-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
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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