House roll call 233 · 106th Congress · Jun 18, 1999
H R 2122 author(s): mccarthy of new york amendment question: on agreeing to the amendment mandatory gun show background check act
On Jun 18, 1999, the House voted 193–235 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2122). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 33–186, Democrats 159–49, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 193
- No
- 235
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jun 18, 1999
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 186 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats159 yes · 49 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Doug Ose R-CA voted yes
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA voted yes
- James E. Rogan R-CA voted yes
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted no
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
- Greg Ganske R-IA voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL voted no
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
- Ken Lucas D-KY voted no
- Christopher John D-LA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO voted no
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ voted yes
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY voted yes
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted yes
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted no
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted no
- Jim Turner D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA voted yes
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted no
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted no
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted yes
- Brian Baird D-WA voted no
- Adam Smith D-WA voted no
- Ron Kind D-WI voted no
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher 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
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-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
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- 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
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- 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
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- 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
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-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
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Ronald Klink D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Ronald C. Packard 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
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- 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
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Johnny Isakson 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 Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- 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
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter 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
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Rick Hill R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Lee Raymond Terry 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
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-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
- Greg Walden R-OR
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint R-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
- 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
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- 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
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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