House · 105th Congress · Roll 30

Suspend the rules and agree

Mar 5, 1997 · Passed · 295⁠–⁠125

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama.

How members voted

432 recorded

3 vacant seats. The House normally has 435 voting members.

311 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 295 (51 R · 18 D)

Member	Party	State
RAMSTAD, James	—	MN
McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr.	—	FL
TRAFICANT, James A., Jr.	—	OH
HYDE, Henry John	—	IL
CASTLE, Michael Newbold	—	DE
WHITE, Richard Alan	—	WA
WELLER, Gerald C.	—	IL
SHADEGG, John B.	—	AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner	—	MD
GEKAS, George William	—	PA
McINNIS, Scott	—	CO
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby	—	WV
SCHAFFER, Robert W.	—	CO
ALLEN, Thomas H.	—	ME
PETERSON, John	—	PA
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy	—	CA
MCHALE, Paul F., Jr.	—	PA
ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati	—	NJ
CANADY, Charles Terrance	—	FL
McDADE, Joseph Michael	—	PA
MCCRERY, James O., III	—	LA
STUMP, Robert Lee	—	AZ
BALLENGER, Cass	—	NC
LAHOOD, Ray H.	—	IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.	—	OH
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene	—	OH
COX, Charles Christopher	—	CA
RYUN, Jim	—	KS
EHLERS, Vernon James	—	MI
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.	—	VA
GORDON, Barton Jennings	—	TN
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.	—	MN
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan	—	IN
LINDER, John Elmer	—	GA
RILEY, Robert	—	AL
BUNNING, James Paul David	—	KY
CLEMENT, Robert Nelson	—	TN
FRANKS, Robert Douglas	—	NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle	—	IN
KASICH, John Richard	—	OH
ARMEY, Richard Keith	—	TX
MALONEY, James H.	—	CT
REYES, Silvestre	—	TX
BILBRAY, Brian P.	—	CA
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.	—	AZ
ROEMER, Timothy John	—	IN
SPENCE, Floyd Davidson	—	SC
CAMPBELL, Thomas J.	—	CA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor	—	CA
HOBSON, David Lee	—	OH
SCHAEFER, Daniel	—	CO
COMBEST, Larry Ed	—	TX
OBEY, David Ross	—	WI
BONILLA, Henry	—	TX
HANSEN, James Vear	—	UT
ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr.	—	TX
GREENWOOD, James Charles	—	PA
BONO, Sonny	—	CA
BARCIA, James A.	—	MI
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.	—	TX
ENSIGN, John Eric	—	NV
FAWELL, Harris W.	—	IL
BASS, Charles Foster	—	NH
SKEEN, Joseph Richard	—	NM
SOLOMON, Gerald Brooks Hunt	—	NY
SOUDER, Mark Edward	—	IN
TANNER, John S.	—	TN
SHAYS, Christopher H.	—	CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III	—	VA
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph	—	LA
BARR, Bob	—	GA
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher	—	KY
FLAKE, Floyd Harold	—	NY
WATKINS, Wesley Wade	—	OK
HUTCHINSON, Asa	—	AR
DANNER, Patsy Ann	—	MO
MANZULLO, Donald A.	—	IL
BARRETT, William E.	—	NE
BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr.	—	PA
INGLIS, Robert Durden	—	SC
SNOWBARGER, Vincent K.	—	KS
PEASE, Edward Allan	—	IN
HOOLEY, Darlene	—	OR
RADANOVICH, George P.	—	CA
SISISKY, Norman	—	VA
KLUG, Scott L.	—	WI
MOLINARI, Susan	—	NY
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene	—	MS
KOLBE, James Thomas	—	AZ
LARGENT, Steve	—	OK
KIM, Jay C.	—	CA
ORTIZ, Solomon P.	—	TX
TURNER, Jim	—	TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.	—	VA
PAPPAS, Michael James	—	NJ
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph	—	MI
CRANE, Philip Miller	—	IL
HILLEARY, Van	—	TN
BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr.	—	VA
LaFALCE, John Joseph	—	NY
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.	—	FL
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.	—	NY
GANSKE, Greg	—	IA
HALL, Tony Patrick	—	OH
TOWNS, Edolphus	—	NY
HEFNER, Willie Gathrel	—	NC
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.	—	PA
LAZIO, Enrico A.	—	NY
POMBO, Richard William	—	CA
BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R.	—	IL
McHUGH, John Michael	—	NY
HILL, Rick	—	MT
DICKEY, Jay W., Jr.	—	AR
EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr.	—	MD
FORD, Harold, Jr.	—	TN
POSHARD, Glenn	—	IL
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas	—	MD
YOUNG, Charles William	—	FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart	—	NC
JOHN, Christopher	—	LA
PACKARD, Ronald C.	—	CA
BRYANT, Ed	—	TN
CHRISTENSEN, Jon Lynn	—	NE
FOWLER, Tillie Kidd	—	FL
PAUL, Ronald Ernest	—	TX
DeLAY, Thomas Dale	—	TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee	—	CT
STENHOLM, Charles Walter	—	TX
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy	—	FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis	—	PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV	—	MO
HEFLEY, Joel M.	—	CO
CANNON, Christopher B.	—	UT
HAMILTON, Lee Herbert	—	IN
CUBIN, Barbara L.	—	WY
KELLY, Sue W.	—	NY
GIBBONS, James A.	—	NV
FOX, Jon D.	—	PA
DAVIS, Jim	—	FL
HULSHOF, Kenny	—	MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus	—	OH
SANDLIN, Max A.	—	TX
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.	—	MS
KILDEE, Dale Edward	—	MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis	—	IL
COOK, Merrill	—	UT
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.	—	SC
EVERETT, Robert Terry	—	AL
LEWIS, Ron	—	KY
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.	—	AL
LIVINGSTON, Robert Linlithgow, Jr.	—	LA
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy	—	PA
SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph	—	FL
RIGGS, Frank D.	—	CA
BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell	—	VA
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent	—	NE
SHUSTER, E. G.	—	PA
WAMP, Zachary Paul	—	TN
COLLINS, Michael Allen	—	GA
CUNNINGHAM, Randall	—	CA
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III	—	ND
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn	—	WA
HOEKSTRA, Peter	—	MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.	—	NC
STUPAK, Bart T.	—	MI
BILIRAKIS, Michael	—	FL
JOHNSON, Jay W.	—	WI
NEUMANN, Mark W.	—	WI
ROGAN, James E.	—	CA
EMERSON, Jo Ann	—	MO
CONDIT, Gary Adrian	—	CA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.	—	PA
MYRICK, Sue	—	NC
MINGE, David R.	—	MN
PAXON, L. William	—	NY
METCALF, Jack	—	WA
QUINN, John Francis	—	NY
SMITH, Nick H.	—	MI
THOMAS, William Marshall	—	CA
TALENT, James Matthes	—	MO
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.	—	FL
DEAL, John Nathan	—	GA
NEY, Robert William	—	OH
JENKINS, William Lewis	—	TN
BAESLER, Henry Scott	—	KY
BURTON, Danny Lee	—	IN
LEACH, James Albert Smith	—	IA
SMITH, Linda	—	WA
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan	—	PA
WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr.	—	OK
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.	—	GA
FILNER, Bob	—	CA
MILLER, Daniel	—	FL
LIPINSKI, William Oliver	—	IL
HASTERT, John Dennis	—	IL
BERRY, Robert Marion	—	AR
CAPPS, Walter Holden	—	CA
GOSS, Porter J.	—	FL
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln	—	FL
WALSH, James T.	—	NY
FOLEY, Mark A.	—	FL
BARRETT, Thomas M.	—	WI
WELDON, David Joseph	—	FL
HERGER, Walter William	—	CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver	—	OH
GOODLING, William Franklin	—	PA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.	—	CA
FORBES, Michael Patrick	—	NY
NUSSLE, James Allen	—	IA
KLINK, Ronald	—	PA
SMITH, Robert Freeman	—	OR
WYNN, Albert Russell	—	MD
HUNTER, Duncan Lee	—	CA
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.	—	WA
CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon	—	AL
BAKER, Richard Hugh	—	LA
MANTON, Thomas J.	—	NY
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.	—	OK
PRYCE, Deborah D.	—	OH
EWING, Thomas W.	—	IL
SUNUNU, John E.	—	NH
MASCARA, Frank R.	—	PA
SAXTON, Hugh James	—	NJ
McINTOSH, David Martin	—	IN
TIAHRT, Todd	—	KS
CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P.	—	ID
Anna G. Eshoo	Democrat	CA
Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	CA
Sam Farr	Democrat	CA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Democrat	GA
Bobby L. Rush	Democrat	IL
Peter J. Visclosky	Democrat	IN
Benjamin L. Cardin	Democrat	MD
Steny H. Hoyer	Democrat	MD
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	MI
Collin C. Peterson	Democrat	MN
David E. Price	Democrat	NC
Mike McIntyre	Democrat	NC
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	PA
James E. Clyburn	Democrat	SC
Gene Green	Democrat	TX
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	TX
James P. Moran	Democrat	VA
Don Young	Republican	AK
Robert B. Aderholt	Republican	AL
Spencer Bachus	Republican	AL
Matt Salmon	Republican	AZ
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	CA
Edward R. Royce	Republican	CA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Republican	CA
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	FL
John L. Mica	Republican	FL
Jack Kingston	Republican	GA
Saxby Chambliss	Republican	GA
Tom Latham	Republican	IA
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID
John Shimkus	Republican	IL
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS
Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY
Harold Rogers	Republican	KY
Dave Camp	Republican	MI
Fred Upton	Republican	MI
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO
Roger F. Wicker	Republican	MS
Howard Coble	Republican	NC
Richard Burr	Republican	NC
Walter B. Jones	Republican	NC
Christopher H. Smith	Republican	NJ
Frank A. LoBiondo	Republican	NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Republican	NJ
Peter T. King	Republican	NY
John A. Boehner	Republican	OH
Rob Portman	Republican	OH
Frank D. Lucas	Republican	OK
Tom Coburn	Republican	OK
Joseph R. Pitts	Republican	PA
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC
Mark Sanford	Republican	SC
John Thune	Republican	SD
John J. Duncan, Jr.	Republican	TN
Joe Barton	Republican	TX
Kay Granger	Republican	TX
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX
Lamar Smith	Republican	TX
Mac Thornberry	Republican	TX
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX
Ralph M. Hall	Republican	TX
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA
Frank R. Wolf	Republican	VA
Doc Hastings	Republican	WA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Republican	WI
Thomas E. Petri	Republican	WI

Nay: 125 (48 D · 1 I)

Member	Party	State
DICKS, Norman DeValois	—	WA
SKAGGS, David Evans	—	CO
WATT, Melvin L.	—	NC
PICKETT, Owen Bradford	—	VA
MORELLA, Constance A.	—	MD
BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr.	—	TX
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence	—	CA
FOGLIETTA, Thomas Michael	—	PA
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.	—	CA
GONZÁLEZ, Henry B.	—	TX
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.	—	IL
ROTHMAN, Steven	—	NJ
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks	—	MI
WEXLER, Robert	—	FL
OWENS, Major Robert Odell	—	NY
FRANK, Barney	—	MA
McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann	—	GA
SAWYER, Thomas Charles	—	OH
KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick, II	—	MA
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane	—	CA
FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr.	—	CA
KENNELLY, Barbara Bailey	—	CT
MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G.	—	CA
EVANS, Lane Allen	—	IL
YATES, Sidney Richard	—	IL
DEUTSCH, Peter R.	—	FL
LUTHER, William Paul	—	MN
KUCINICH, Dennis	—	OH
CLAYTON, Eva M.	—	NC
WEYGAND, Robert A.	—	RI
CLAY, William Lacy, Sr.	—	MO
DELLUMS, Ronald V.	—	CA
OBERSTAR, James Louis	—	MN
COYNE, William Joseph	—	PA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita	—	CA
TORRES, Esteban Edward	—	CA
McCARTHY, Karen	—	MO
DELAHUNT, Bill	—	MA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea	—	NY
HARMAN, Jane L.	—	CA
BALDACCI, John Elias	—	ME
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.	—	CA
HORN, John Stephen	—	CA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas	—	MA
MOAKLEY, John Joseph	—	MA
DOOLEY, Calvin M.	—	CA
MINK, Patsy Takemoto	—	HI
BOSWELL, Leonard L.	—	IA
ABERCROMBIE, Neil	—	HI
FROST, Jonas Martin	—	TX
VENTO, Bruce Frank	—	MN
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard	—	NY
SABO, Martin Olav	—	MN
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis	—	NY
THURMAN, Karen L.	—	FL
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel	—	WI
MEEK, Carrie P.	—	FL
GEJDENSON, Samuel	—	CT
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph	—	RI
DIXON, Julian Carey	—	CA
SNYDER, Victor F.	—	AR
JEFFERSON, William Jennings	—	LA
RIVERS, Lynn Nancy	—	MI
MATSUI, Robert T.	—	CA
BONIOR, David Edward	—	MI
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester	—	TX
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest	—	NJ
STOKES, Louis	—	OH
BROWN, George Edward, Jr.	—	CA
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew	—	MO
HILLIARD, Earl Frederick	—	AL
McNULTY, Michael Robert	—	NY
GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur	—	NY
PAYNE, Donald Milford	—	NJ
OLVER, John Walter	—	MA
FURSE, Elizabeth	—	OR
Ed Pastor	Democrat	AZ
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA
George Miller	Democrat	CA
Henry A. Waxman	Democrat	CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	CA
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA
Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	CA
Xavier Becerra	Democrat	CA
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO
Rosa L. DeLauro	Democrat	CT
Alcee L. Hastings	Democrat	FL
Corrine Brown	Democrat	FL
John Lewis	Democrat	GA
Danny K. Davis	Democrat	IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez	Democrat	IL
Edward J. Markey	Democrat	MA
James P. McGovern	Democrat	MA
John F. Tierney	Democrat	MA
Richard E. Neal	Democrat	MA
Elijah E. Cummings	Democrat	MD
John Conyers, Jr.	Democrat	MI
John D. Dingell	Democrat	MI
Sander M. Levin	Democrat	MI
Bennie G. Thompson	Democrat	MS
Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Robert Menendez	Democrat	NJ
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat	NY
Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	NY
Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	NY
Charles E. Schumer	Democrat	NY
Eliot L. Engel	Democrat	NY
José E. Serrano	Democrat	NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Democrat	NY
Nita M. Lowey	Democrat	NY
Nydia M. Velázquez	Democrat	NY
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR
Peter A. DeFazio	Democrat	OR
Chaka Fattah	Democrat	PA
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	TX
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Democrat	VA
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA
Jim McDermott	Democrat	WA
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI
Bernard Sanders	Independent	VT

Not Voting: 12 (2 D · 1 R)

Member	Party	State
PARKER, Michael	—	MS
WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr.	—	WV
PORTER, John Edward	—	IL
SCHIFF, Steven Harvey	—	NM
COOKSEY, John	—	LA
LANTOS, Thomas Peter	—	CA
STRICKLAND, Ted	—	OH
DREIER, David Timothy	—	CA
CARSON, Julia May	—	IN
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	NY
Nick J. Rahall II	Democrat	WV
Steve Chabot	Republican	OH