Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act

On Sep 7, 2000, the House voted 391–25 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 4844). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 191–23, Democrats 198–2, Independents 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 391
No: 25
Did not vote: 24
Date: Sep 7, 2000

By party

Republicans191 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats198 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted no
Steve Largent R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. 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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Capitol Receipts, “Railroad Retirement and Survivors’…: House Vote, Sep 7, 2000,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-H-1065/railroad-retirement-and-survivors-improvement-act (accessed 2026-10-17).