House roll call 396 · 106th Congress · Sep 9, 1999
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not have granted clemency to terrorists
On Sep 9, 1999, the House voted 311–41 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended” (HCONRES 180). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 218–0, Democrats 93–41. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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
- 311
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 9, 1999
By party
- Republicans218 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats93 yes · 41 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
- Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted no
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA voted no
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX voted no
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Jay W. Dickey Jr. R-AR
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn 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
- Brian P. Bilbray 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
- John B. Larson 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
- 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
- Jim Davis D-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
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-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 Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- 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
- Dennis Moore D-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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- David R. Minge D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- William Paul Luther 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
- David Eugene Price D-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
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- William E. Barrett R-NE
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert Douglas Franks R-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- John Richard Kasich 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
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Ronald Klink 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
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-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
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-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
- 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
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- 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
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Voted present
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller 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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- 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
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
Other votes
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