House roll call 942 · 105th Congress · Jul 22, 1998
To Disapprove Most-Favored-Nation Treatment to China
On Jul 22, 1998, the House voted 166–264 on “On Passage” (HJRES 121). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 78–149, Democrats 87–115, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 165 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
- 166
- No
- 264
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 22, 1998
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 149 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats87 yes · 115 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted yes
- Robert Riley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted yes
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- George Miller D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted yes
- Richard William Pombo R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA voted yes
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted yes
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted yes
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL voted yes
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL voted yes
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted yes
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Bob Barr R-GA voted yes
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted yes
- Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted yes
- Henry John Hyde R-IL voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted yes
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
And 85 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Daniel Schaefer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis 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
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jon Lynn Christensen R-NE
- John E. Sununu 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
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Michael James Pappas R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- John Richard Kasich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- 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 McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Linda Smith R-WA
- Mark W. Neumann R-WI
- Scott L. Klug R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan 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
- 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
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-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
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jay C. Kim R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- David Evans Skaggs D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Charles Terrance Canady R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-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
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Edward Allan Pease R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Vincent K. Snowbarger R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup 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
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-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
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-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 Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Michael (Mike) Parker R-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- William Thomas Redmond R-NM
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Thomas J. Manton D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- L. William Paxon R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce 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
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Largent 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
- 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
- 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
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- John Thune R-SD
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner 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
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Alan (Rick) White R-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Jay W. Johnson D-WI
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Walter Holden Capps D-CA
- Sonny Bono R-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
- Bill Richardson D-NM
- Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
- Susan Molinari R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Frank Tejeda D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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