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On Jul 31, 1998, the House voted 341–74 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2183). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 149–66, Democrats 191–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: Agreed to
Yes: 341
No: 74
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jul 31, 1998

By party

Republicans149 yes · 66 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats191 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Asa Hutchinson R-AR voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
Ronald C. Packard R-CA voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL voted no
Michael Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Thomas W. Ewing R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
David Martin Mcintosh R-IN voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Jim Ryun R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
John Cooksey R-LA voted no
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Rick Hill R-MT voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
William E. Barrett R-NE voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM voted no
William Thomas Redmond R-NM voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
L. William Paxon R-NY voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Steve Largent R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR voted no
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Ed Bryant R-TN voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted no
James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA 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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