House roll call 599 · 105th Congress · Nov 7, 1997
(house rejected the pallone motion to adjourn.)
On Nov 7, 1997, the House voted 38–308 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 1–181, Democrats 37–127. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 38 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
- 38
- No
- 308
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Nov 7, 1997
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 181 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 127 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted yes
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers 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
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
- Henry Bonilla R-TX voted yes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett 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
- Asa Hutchinson R-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
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-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
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- 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
- 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
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-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 Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- 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
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Harris W. Fawell R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer 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
- 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
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-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
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger 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
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- 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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley 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
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-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
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence 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
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-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
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-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
- 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
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Robert Riley R-AL
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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