House roll call 901 · 106th Congress · Jun 20, 2000
Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act
On Jun 20, 2000, the House voted 264–159 on “On Passage” (HR 4201). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 207–6, Democrats 56–152, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 264
- No
- 159
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 20, 2000
By party
- Republicans207 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 152 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted yes
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Joe Baca D-CA voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- John Edward Porter R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL voted yes
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
- Ken Lucas D-KY voted yes
- Christopher John D-LA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH voted yes
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted yes
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- Robert A. Weygand D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
- Norman Sisisky D-VA voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- 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
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- James E. Rogan R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Steven T. Kuykendall R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Joe Baca D-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
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Tillie Kidd Fowler R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- 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
- 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
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- 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
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Roy Blunt 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
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- 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
- Christopher Henry Smith R-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
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Michael Patrick Forbes D-NY
- Enrico A. (Rick) Lazio R-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney 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
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-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
- 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
- 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
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-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
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Jack Metcalf R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-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
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-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
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-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
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. 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
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- 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
- 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
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- David R. Minge D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Patsy Ann (Pat) Danner 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- 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
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur 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
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- 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
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Did not vote
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez R-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Thomas W. Ewing R-IL
- David Martin Mcintosh R-IN
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Michael Patrick Forbes R-NY
- Merrill Cook R-UT
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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