(house rejected the paxon amendment to the shays amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to require an itemization of amounts spent by labor organiz

On Jul 20, 1998, the House voted 150–248 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2183). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 148–72, Democrats 2–175, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 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: 150
No: 248
Did not vote: 46
Date: Jul 20, 1998

By party

Republicans148 yes · 72 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 175 no · 35 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted no
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Greg Ganske R-IA voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Edward Allan Pease R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted no
Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Michael James Pappas R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted no
Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted no
Jon D. Fox R-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted yes
Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA voted no
Jack Metcalf R-WA voted no
Mark W. Neumann R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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