House roll call 611 · 105th Congress · Nov 8, 1997
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reauthorization Act
On Nov 8, 1997, the House voted 291–125 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 2534). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 208–8, Democrats 83–116, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 291
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Nov 8, 1997
By party
- Republicans208 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats83 yes · 116 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted yes
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Glenn Poshard D-IL voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted yes
- Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted yes
- Christopher John D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- David R. Minge D-MN voted yes
- William Paul Luther 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
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Ronald Klink D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX voted yes
And 11 more.
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
- Robert Marion Berry 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
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Sam Farr 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
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn 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
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly 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
- 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
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-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
- 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
- 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
- Henry John Hyde R-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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Glenn Poshard D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- 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
- 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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) 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
- 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
- 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
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-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
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-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
- 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
- Jon D. Fox R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher 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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- 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
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-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
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Elizabeth Furse D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Paul F. Mchale Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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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