House roll call 606 · 105th Congress · Nov 7, 1997
(house rejected the becerra motion to adjourn.)
On Nov 7, 1997, the House voted 61–348 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–215, Democrats 61–133. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 61 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
- 61
- No
- 348
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Nov 7, 1997
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 215 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats61 yes · 133 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-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
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted yes
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted yes
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
- Bob Filner D-CA 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
- Carrie P. Meek 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
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted yes
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton 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
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted yes
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted yes
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted yes
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted yes
- Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-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
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek 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
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- 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
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- 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
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Frank D. Riggs R-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-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
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Jane L. Harman 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-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
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. 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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. 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
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- 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
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther 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
- 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
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-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
- 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
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Floyd Harold Flake 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
- Eliot Lance Engel 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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-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
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade 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
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- 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
- 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
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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