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211
YEAS
207
NAYS
17 NV (Did not vote)
Alabama
Sonny Callahan (R -
1)
N
Terry Everett (R -
2) Y
Bob Riley (R -
3)
Y
Robert B. Aderholt (R -
4) Y
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr. (D -
5) N
Spencer T. Bachus III (R -
6) Y
Earl F. Hilliard (D -
7)
N
Alaska
Don Young (R - At
Large) N
Arizona
Matt Salmon (R -
1)
Y
Ed Pastor (D - 2) N
Bob Stump (R -
3)
Y
John Shadegg (R -
4)
Y
Jim Kolbe (R -
5)
Y
J. D. Hayworth (R -
6)
Y
Arkansas
Marion Berry (D -
1)
N
Vic Snyder (D -
2)
N
Asa Hutchinson (R -
3)
Y
Jay Dickey (R -
4)
Y
California
Mike Thompson (D -
1)
N
Wally Herger (R -
2)
Y
Douglas Ose (R -
3) Y
John T. Doolittle (R -
4)
Y
Robert T. Matsui (D -
5) N
Lynn Woolsey (D -
6)
N
George Miller (D -
7)
N
Nancy Pelosi (D -
8)
N
Barbara Lee (D -
9)
N
Ellen O. Tauscher (D -
10) N
Richard W. Pombo (R -
11)
Y
Tom Lantos (D -
12)
N
Pete Stark (D -
13)
N
Anna G. Eshoo (D -
14)
N
Tom Campbell (R -
15)
Y
Zoe Lofgren (D -
16)
N
Sam Farr (D -
17)
N
Gary A. Condit (D -
18)
Y
George P. Radanovich (R -
19) Y
Calvin M. Dooley (D -
20)
N
William M. Thomas (R -
21) Y
Lois Capps (D -
22)
N
Elton Gallegly (R -
23)
Y
Brad Sherman (D -
24)
N
Howard P. (Buck) McKeon (R -
25) Y
Howard L. Berman (D -
26) N
James E. Rogan (R -
27)
Y
David Dreier (R -
28)
Y
Henry A. Waxman (D -
29) N
Xavier Becerra (D -
30)
N
Matthew G. Martinez (D -
31) NV
Julian C. Dixon (D -
32)
NV
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D -
33) N
Grace Napolitano (D -
34)
N
Maxine Waters (D -
35)
N
Steven Kuykendall (R -
36) Y
Juanita Millender-McDonald (D -
37) N
Stephen Horn (R -
38)
Y
Edward R. Royce (R -
39) NV
Jerry Lewis (R -
40)
Y
Gary Miller (R -
41)
Y
Joe Baca (D -
42)
N
Ken Calvert (R -
43)
Y
Mary Bono (R -
44)
Y
Dana Rohrabacher (R -
45) Y
Loretta Sanchez (D -
46) N
Christopher Cox (R -
47)
Y
Ron Packard (R -
48)
Y
Brian P. Bilbray (R -
49)
Y
Bob Filner (D -
50)
N
Randy (Duke) Cunningham (R -
51) Y
Duncan Hunter (R -
52)
Y
Colorado
Diana L. DeGette (D -
1)
N
Mark Udall (D -
2)
N
Scott McInnis (R -
3)
Y
Bob Schaffer (R -
4)
Y
Joel Hefley (R -
5)
Y
Tom Tancredo (R -
6)
Y
Connecticut
John Larson (D -
1)
N
Sam Gejdenson (D -
2)
N
Rosa L. DeLauro (D -
3)
N
Christopher Shays (R -
4) Y
James H. Maloney (D -
5)
N
Nancy L. Johnson (R -
6)
Y
Delaware
Michael N. Castle (R - At
Large) Y
Florida
Joe Scarborough (R -
1)
Y
F. Allen Boyd, Jr. (D -
2)
N
Corrine Brown (D -
3)
N
Tillie K. Fowler (R -
4)
Y
Karen L. Thurman (D -
5)
N
Clifford B. Stearns (R -
6)
Y
John L. Mica (R -
7)
Y
Bill McCollum (R -
8)
NV
Michael Bilirakis (R -
9)
Y
C. W. Bill Young (R -
10)
Y
James O. Davis (D -
11)
N
Charles T. Canady (R -
12)
Y
Dan Miller (R -
13)
Y
Porter J. Goss (R -
14)
Y
Dave Weldon (R -
15)
Y
Mark Foley (R -
16)
Y
Carrie P. Meek (D -
17)
N
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R -
18) Y
Robert Wexler (D -
19)
N
Peter Deutsch (D -
20)
N
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R -
21)
Y
E. Clay Shaw (R -
22)
Y
Alcee L. Hastings (D -
23)
N
Georgia
Jack Kingston (R -
1)
Y
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D -
2) N
Michael A. (Mac) Collins (R -
3) Y
Cynthia A. McKinney (D -
4)
N
John Lewis (D -
5)
N
Johnny Isakson (R -
6)
Y
Bob Barr (R -
7)
Y
Saxby Chambliss (R -
8)
Y
Nathan Deal (R -
9)
Y
Charlie Norwood (R -
10)
Y
John Linder (R -
11)
Y
Hawaii
Neil Abercrombie (D -
1)
N
Patsy T. Mink (D -
2)
N
Idaho
Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R -
1) Y
Mike Simpson (R -
2)
Y
Illinois
Bobby L. Rush (D -
1) N
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D -
2) N
William O. Lipinski (D -
3) N
Luis V. Gutierrez (D -
4) N
Rod R. Blagojevich (D -
5) N
Henry J. Hyde (R -
6) Y
Philip M. Crane (R -
8) NV
Janice Schakowsky (D -
9) NV
John Edward Porter (R -
10) NV
Gerald C. Weller (R -
11) Y
Jerry F. Costello (D -
12) N
Judy Biggert (R -
13) Y
J. Dennis Hastert (R -
14) Y
Thomas W. Ewing (R -
15) Y
Donald A. Manzullo (R -
16) Y
Lane Evans (D -
17) N
Ray LaHood (R -
18) Y
David Phelps (D -
19) N
John M. Shimkus (R -
20) Y
Indiana
Peter J. Visclosky (D -
1) N
David M. McIntosh (R -
2) Y
Tim Roemer (D -
3) N
Mark E. Souder (R -
4) Y
Stephen E. Buyer (R -
5) Y
Dan Burton (R -
6) Y
Edward A. Pease (R -
7) Y
John N. Hostettler (R -
8) N
Baron Hill (D -
9) N
Julia M. Carson (D -
10) N
Iowa
James A. Leach (R -
1) Y
Jim Nussle (R -
2) Y
Leonard L. Boswell (D -
3) N
Greg Ganske (R -
4) Y
Tom Latham (R -
5) Y
Kansas
Jerry Moran (R -
1) Y
Jim Ryun (R -
2) Y
Dennis Moore (D -
3) N
Todd Tiahrt (R -
4) Y
Kentucky
Edward Whitfield (R -
1) Y
Ron Lewis (R -
2) Y
Anne Meagher Northup (R -
3) Y
Ken Lucas (D -
4) N
Harold Rogers (R -
5) Y
Ernie Fletcher (R -
6) Y
Louisiana
David Vitter (R -
1) Y
William J. Jefferson (D -
2) N
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin (R -
3) Y
Jim McCrery (R -
4) Y
John C. Cooksey (R -
5) Y
Richard H. Baker (R -
6) Y
Christopher C. John (D -
7) N
Maine
Thomas H. Allen (D -
1) N
John E. Baldacci (D -
2) N
Maryland
Wayne T. Gilchrest (R -
1) Y
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R -
2) Y
Benjamin L. Cardin (D -
3) N
Albert R. Wynn (D -
4) N
Steny H. Hoyer (D -
5) N
Roscoe G. Bartlett (R -
6) Y
Elijah E. Cummings (D -
7) N
Constance A. Morella (R -
8) N
Massachusetts
John W. Olver (D -
1) N
Richard E. Neal (D -
2) N
James P. McGovern (D -
3) N
Barney Frank (D -
4) N
Martin T. Meehan (D -
5) N
John F. Tierney (D -
6) N
Edward J. Markey (D -
7) N
Mike Capuano (D -
8) N
John Joseph Moakley (D -
9) N
William D. Delahunt (D -
10) N
Michigan
Bart Stupak (D -
1) N
Peter Hoekstra (R -
2) Y
Vernon J. Ehlers (R -
3) Y
Dave Camp (R -
4) Y
James A. Barcia (D -
5) N
Fred Upton (R -
6) Y
Nick Smith (R -
7) Y
Deborah Stabenow (D -
8) N
Dale E. Kildee (D -
9) N
David E. Bonior (D -
10) N
Joe Knollenberg (R -
11) Y
Sander M. Levin (D -
12) N
Lynn N. Rivers (D -
13) N
John Conyers, Jr. (D -
14) N
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(D-15) N
John D. Dingell (D -
16) N
Minnesota
Gil Gutknecht (R -
1) Y
David Minge (D -
2) N
Jim Ramstad (R -
3) Y
Bruce F. Vento (D -
4) NV
Martin Olav Sabo (D -
5) N
Bill Luther (D -
6) N
Collin C. Peterson (D -
7) N
James L. Oberstar (D -
8) N
Mississippi
Roger F. Wicker (R -
1) Y
Bennie G. Thompson (D -
2) N
Charles W. Pickering, Jr. (R -
3) Y
Ronnie Shows (D -
4) N
Gene Taylor (D -
5) N
Missouri
William L. Clay (D -
1) N
James M. Talent (R -
2) Y
Richard A. Gephardt (D -
3) N
Ike Skelton (D -
4) N
Karen McCarthy (D -
5) N
Pat Danner (D -
6) N
Roy D. Blunt (R -
7) Y
Jo Ann Emerson (R -
8) Y
Kenny Hulshof (R -
9) Y
Montana
Rick Hill (R - At
Large) Y
Nebraska
Doug Bereuter (R -
1) Y
Lee Terry (R -
2) Y
Bill Barrett (R -
3) Y
Nevada
Shelly Berkley (D -
1) N
Jim Gibbons (R -
2) Y
New Hampshire
John E. Sununu (R -
1) Y
Charles F. Bass (R -
2) Y
New Jersey
Robert E. Andrews (D -
1) N
Frank A. LoBiondo (R -
2) Y
Jim Saxton (R -
3) Y
Christopher H. Smith (R -
4) Y
Marge Roukema (R -
5) Y
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D -
6) N
Bob Franks (R -
7) Y
William J. Pascrell, Jr. (D -
8) N
Steven R. Rothman (D -
9) N
Donald M. Payne (D -
10) N
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R -
11) Y
Rush Holt (D -
12) N
Robert Menendez (D -
13) N
New Mexico
Heather Wilson (R -
1) Y
Joe Skeen (R -
2) Y
Thomas Udall (D -
3) N
New York
Michael P. Forbes (D -
1) N
Rick A. Lazio (R -
2) Y
Peter T. King (R -
3) Y
Carolyn McCarthy (D -
4) N
Gary L. Ackerman (D -
5) NV
Gregory W. Meeks (D -
6) N
Jospeh Crowley (D -
7) N
Jerrold Nadler (D -
8) N
Anthony Weiner (D -
9) N
Edolphus Towns (D -
10) N
Major R. Owens (D -
11) N
Nydia M. Velazquez (D -
12) N
Vito Fossella (R -
13) Y
Carolyn B. Maloney (D -
14) N
Charles B. Rangel (D -
15) N
Jose' E. Serrano (D -
16) N
Eliot L. Engel (D -
17) N
Nita M. Lowey (D -
18) NV
Sue W. Kelly (R -
19) Y
Benjamin A. Gilman (R -
20) Y
Michael R. McNulty (D -
21) N
John Sweeney (R -
22) Y
Sherwood L. Boehlert (R -
23) Y
John M. McHugh (R -
24) NV
James T. Walsh (R -
25) Y
Maurice D. Hinchey (D -
26) N
Tom Reynolds (R -
27) Y
Louise M. Slaughter (D -
28) N
John J. LaFalce (D -
29) N
Jack Quinn (R -
30) NV
Amo Houghton (R -
31) Y
North Carolina
Eva M. Clayton (D -
1) N
Bobby R. Etheridge (D -
2) N
Walter B. Jones (R -
3) Y
David E. Price (D -
4) N
Richard M. Burr (R -
5) Y
Howard Coble (R -
6) Y
Mike McIntyre (D -
7) N
Robin Hayes (R -
8) Y
Sue Myrick (R -
9) Y
Cass Ballenger (R -
10) Y
Charles H. Taylor (R -
11) Y
Melvin L. Watt (D -
12) N
North Dakota
Earl Pomeroy (D - At
Large) N
Ohio
Steve J. Chabot (R -
1) Y
Rob Portman (R -
2) Y
Tony P. Hall (D -
3) N
Michael G. Oxley (R -
4) Y
Paul E. Gillmor (R -
5) Y
Ted Strickland (D -
6) N
David L. Hobson (R -
7) Y
John A. Boehner (R -
8) Y
Marcy Kaptur (D -
9) N
Dennis J. Kucinich (D -
10) N
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D -
11) N
John R. Kasich (R -
12) Y
Sherrod Brown (D -
13) N
Thomas C. Sawyer (D -
14) N
Deborah Pryce (R -
15) Y
Ralph Regula (R -
16) Y
James A. Traficant, Jr. (D -
17) N
Robert W. Ney (R -
18) Y
Steven C. LaTourette (R -
19) Y
Oklahoma
Steve Largent (R -
1) Y
Tom A. Coburn (R -
2) Y
Wes W. Watkins (R -
3) Y
J. C. Watts, Jr. (R -
4) Y
Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R -
5) Y
Frank D. Lucas (R -
6) Y
Oregon
David Wu (D -
1) N
Greg Walden (R -
2) Y
Earl Blumenauer (D -
3) N
Peter A. DeFazio (D -
4) N
Darlene Hooley (D -
5) N
Pennsylvania
Robert Brady (D -
1) N
Chaka Fattah (D -
2) N
Robert A. Borski (D -
3) N
Ron Klink (D -
4) N
John E. Peterson (R -
5) Y
Tim Holden (D -
6) N
Curt Weldon (R -
7) Y
James C. Greenwood (R -
8) NV
Bud Shuster (R -
9) Y
Donald Sherwood (R -
10) Y
Paul E. Kanjorski (D -
11) N
John P. Murtha (D -
12) N
Joseph Hoeffel (D -
13) N
William J. Coyne (D -
14) N
Patrick Toomey (R -
15) Y
Joseph R. Pitts (R -
16) Y
George W. Gekas (R -
17) Y
Michael F. Doyle (D -
18) N
William F. Goodling (R -
19) Y
Frank R. Mascara (D -
20) N
Phil English (R - 21) Y
Rhode Island
Patrick J. Kennedy (D -
1) N
Robert A. Weygand (D -
2) N
South Carolina
Marshall (Mark) Sanford (R -
1) N
Floyd D. Spence (R -
2) Y
Lindsey O. Graham (R -
3) Y
James DeMint (R -
4) Y
John M. Spratt, Jr. (D -
5) N
James E. Clyburn (D -
6) N
South Dakota
John R. Thune (R - At
Large) Y
Tennessee
William L. Jenkins (R -
1) Y
John J. Duncan, Jr. (R -
2) Y
Zach Wamp (R -
3) Y
Van Hilleary (R -
4) Y
Bob Clement (D -
5) N
Bart Gordon (D -
6) N
Ed Bryant (R -
7) Y
John S. Tanner (D -
8) N
Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D -
9) N
Texas
Max Sandlin (D -
1) N
Jim Turner (D -
2) N
Sam Johnson (R -
3) Y
Ralph M. Hall (D -
4) Y
Pete Sessions (R -
5) Y
Joe Barton (R -
6) Y
Bill Archer (R -
7) NV
Kevin Brady (R -
8) Y
Nick Lampson (D -
9) N
Lloyd Doggett (D -
10) N
Chet Edwards (D -
11) N
Kay Granger (R -
12) Y
William M. (Mac) Thornberry (R -
13) Y
Ron Paul (R -
14) N
Ruben E. Hinojosa (D -
15) N
Silvestre Reyes (D -
16) N
Charles W. Stenholm (D -
17) N
Sheila Jackson Lee (D -
18) NV
Larry Combest (R -
19) Y
Charlie Gonzalez (D -
20) N
Lamar Smith (R -
21) Y
Tom DeLay (R -
22) Y
Henry Bonilla (R -
23) NV
Martin Frost (D -
24) N
Ken Bentsen (D -
25) N
Richard K. Armey (R -
26) Y
Solomon P. Ortiz (D -
27) N
Ciro D. Rodriguez (D -
28) N
Gene Green (D -
29) N
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D -
30) N
Utah
James V. Hansen (R -
1) Y
Merrill Cook (R -
2) Y
Christopher B. Cannon (R -
3) Y
Vermont
Bernard Sanders (I - At
Large) N
Virginia
Herbert H. Bateman (R -
1) Y
Owen B. Pickett (D -
2) N
Robert C. Scott (D -
3) N
Norman Sisisky (D -
4) N
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (I -
5) Y
Bob Goodlatte (R -
6) Y
Tom Bliley (R -
7) Y
James P. Moran (D -
8) N
Rick Boucher (D -
9) N
Frank R. Wolf (R -
10) Y
Thomas M. Davis III (R -
11) Y
Washington
Jay Inslee (D -
1) N
Jack Metcalf (R -
2) Y
Brian Baird (D -
3) N
Doc Hastings (R -
4) Y
George Nethercutt (R -
5) Y
Norm Dicks (D -
6) N
Jim McDermott (D -
7) NV
Jennifer B. Dunn (R -
8) Y
Adam Smith (D -
9) N
West Virginia
Alan B. Mollohan (D -
1) N
Bob Wise (D -
2) N
Nick J. Rahall II (D -
3) N
Wisconsin
Paul Ryan (R -
1) Y
Tammy Baldwin (D -
2) N
Ron Kind (D -
3) N
Jerry Kleczka (D -
4) N
Thomas M. Barrett (D -
5) N
Thomas E. Petri (R -
6) Y
David R. Obey (D -
7) N
Mark Green (R -
8) Y
F. James Sensenbrenner (R -
9) Y
Wyoming
Barbara Cubin (R - At
Large) Y
