House roll call 610 · 105th Congress · Nov 8, 1997
Regarding Items Line Item Vetoed in the Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report
On Nov 8, 1997, the House voted 352–64 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 2631). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 193–23, Democrats 158–41, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 64 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 352
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Nov 8, 1997
By party
- Republicans193 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats158 yes · 41 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted no
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Jim Davis D-FL voted no
- Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
- Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted no
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
- Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- David R. Minge D-MN voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
- Ron Kind D-WI voted no
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI voted no
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- 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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Sonny Bono 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
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-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
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-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
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-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
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich 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
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- 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
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans 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
- 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
- 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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-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
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- John F. Tierney 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
- 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
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) 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
- 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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- 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
- Nydia M. Velázquez 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
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-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
- 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
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-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
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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