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House · 105th Congress · Roll 84

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Apr 23, 1997 · Failed · 185⁠–⁠224

Omnibus Patent Act of 1997

How members voted

433 recorded

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

312 of 433 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 185 (25 R · 22 D · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
PARKER, Michael—MS
McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr.—FL
TRAFICANT, James A., Jr.—OH
SHADEGG, John B.—AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner—MD
McINNIS, Scott—CO
SCHAFFER, Robert W.—CO
WATT, Melvin L.—NC
McDADE, Joseph Michael—PA
STUMP, Robert Lee—AZ
LAHOOD, Ray H.—IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.—OH
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene—OH
COX, Charles Christopher—CA
RYUN, Jim—KS
EHLERS, Vernon James—MI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.—CA
PORTER, John Edward—IL
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.—VA
GORDON, Barton Jennings—TN
RILEY, Robert—AL
CLEMENT, Robert Nelson—TN
MALONEY, James H.—CT
BILBRAY, Brian P.—CA
OWENS, Major Robert Odell—NY
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.—AZ
CAMPBELL, Thomas J.—CA
FRANK, Barney—MA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor—CA
McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann—GA
HOBSON, David Lee—OH
SCHAEFER, Daniel—CO
COMBEST, Larry Ed—TX
OBEY, David Ross—WI
BONILLA, Henry—TX
HANSEN, James Vear—UT
BONO, Sonny—CA
BARCIA, James A.—MI
KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick, II—MA
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane—CA
ENSIGN, John Eric—NV
BASS, Charles Foster—NH
SOLOMON, Gerald Brooks Hunt—NY
MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G.—CA
DAVIS, Thomas M., III—VA
BARR, Bob—GA
COOKSEY, John—LA
WATKINS, Wesley Wade—OK
DANNER, Patsy Ann—MO
MANZULLO, Donald A.—IL
SNOWBARGER, Vincent K.—KS
KUCINICH, Dennis—OH
CLAYTON, Eva M.—NC
RADANOVICH, George P.—CA
KLUG, Scott L.—WI
MOLINARI, Susan—NY
LARGENT, Steve—OK
KIM, Jay C.—CA
ORTIZ, Solomon P.—TX
WEYGAND, Robert A.—RI
PAPPAS, Michael James—NJ
DELLUMS, Ronald V.—CA
HILLEARY, Van—TN
OBERSTAR, James Louis—MN
COYNE, William Joseph—PA
STRICKLAND, Ted—OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.—PA
POMBO, Richard William—CA
McHUGH, John Michael—NY
HILL, Rick—MT
POSHARD, Glenn—IL
BALDACCI, John Elias—ME
CHRISTENSEN, Jon Lynn—NE
MINK, Patsy Takemoto—HI
FOWLER, Tillie Kidd—FL
PAUL, Ronald Ernest—TX
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy—FL
HEFLEY, Joel M.—CO
ABERCROMBIE, Neil—HI
GIBBONS, James A.—NV
HULSHOF, Kenny—MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus—OH
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.—MS
KILDEE, Dale Edward—MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis—IL
COOK, Merrill—UT
THURMAN, Karen L.—FL
EVERETT, Robert Terry—AL
LEWIS, Ron—KY
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel—WI
LIVINGSTON, Robert Linlithgow, Jr.—LA
SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph—FL
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent—NE
WAMP, Zachary Paul—TN
CUNNINGHAM, Randall—CA
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III—ND
STUPAK, Bart T.—MI
BILIRAKIS, Michael—FL
NEUMANN, Mark W.—WI
DIXON, Julian Carey—CA
EMERSON, Jo Ann—MO
CONDIT, Gary Adrian—CA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.—PA
MYRICK, Sue—NC
RIVERS, Lynn Nancy—MI
METCALF, Jack—WA
SMITH, Nick H.—MI
TALENT, James Matthes—MO
NEY, Robert William—OH
BONIOR, David Edward—MI
LEACH, James Albert Smith—IA
SMITH, Linda—WA
WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr.—OK
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.—GA
FILNER, Bob—CA
MILLER, Daniel—FL
LIPINSKI, William Oliver—IL
GOSS, Porter J.—FL
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew—MO
WALSH, James T.—NY
FOLEY, Mark A.—FL
BARRETT, Thomas M.—WI
WELDON, David Joseph—FL
HERGER, Walter William—CA
McNULTY, Michael Robert—NY
GALLEGLY, Elton W.—CA
FORBES, Michael Patrick—NY
KLINK, Ronald—PA
HUNTER, Duncan Lee—CA
BAKER, Richard Hugh—LA
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.—OK
OLVER, John Walter—MA
MASCARA, Frank R.—PA
SAXTON, Hugh James—NJ
McINTOSH, David Martin—IN
TIAHRT, Todd—KS
CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P.—ID
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom CoburnRepublicanOK
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI

Nay: 224 (42 D · 25 R)

MemberPartyState
RAMSTAD, James—MN
DICKS, Norman DeValois—WA
HYDE, Henry John—IL
CASTLE, Michael Newbold—DE
WHITE, Richard Alan—WA
WELLER, Gerald C.—IL
GEKAS, George William—PA
SKAGGS, David Evans—CO
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby—WV
ALLEN, Thomas H.—ME
PETERSON, John—PA
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy—CA
MCHALE, Paul F., Jr.—PA
ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati—NJ
CANADY, Charles Terrance—FL
MCCRERY, James O., III—LA
PICKETT, Owen Bradford—VA
MORELLA, Constance A.—MD
BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr.—TX
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence—CA
FOGLIETTA, Thomas Michael—PA
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.—MN
GONZÁLEZ, Henry B.—TX
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan—IN
LINDER, John Elmer—GA
BUNNING, James Paul David—KY
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.—IL
ROTHMAN, Steven—NJ
FRANKS, Robert Douglas—NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle—IN
WEXLER, Robert—FL
KASICH, John Richard—OH
ARMEY, Richard Keith—TX
REYES, Silvestre—TX
ROEMER, Timothy John—IN
SPENCE, Floyd Davidson—SC
SAWYER, Thomas Charles—OH
ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr.—TX
GREENWOOD, James Charles—PA
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.—TX
FAWELL, Harris W.—IL
SKEEN, Joseph Richard—NM
FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr.—CA
SOUDER, Mark Edward—IN
KENNELLY, Barbara Bailey—CT
TANNER, John S.—TN
SHAYS, Christopher H.—CT
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph—LA
EVANS, Lane Allen—IL
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher—KY
FLAKE, Floyd Harold—NY
HUTCHINSON, Asa—AR
BARRETT, William E.—NE
LUTHER, William Paul—MN
BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr.—PA
PEASE, Edward Allan—IN
HOOLEY, Darlene—OR
SISISKY, Norman—VA
KOLBE, James Thomas—AZ
TURNER, Jim—TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.—VA
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph—MI
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.—TX
CRANE, Philip Miller—IL
CLAY, William Lacy, Sr.—MO
BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr.—VA
LaFALCE, John Joseph—NY
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.—FL
LANTOS, Thomas Peter—CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita—CA
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.—NY
GANSKE, Greg—IA
HALL, Tony Patrick—OH
HEFNER, Willie Gathrel—NC
TORRES, Esteban Edward—CA
McCARTHY, Karen—MO
LAZIO, Enrico A.—NY
DELAHUNT, Bill—MA
BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R.—IL
DICKEY, Jay W., Jr.—AR
DREIER, David Timothy—CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea—NY
EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr.—MD
HARMAN, Jane L.—CA
FORD, Harold, Jr.—TN
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.—CA
HORN, John Stephen—CA
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas—MD
YOUNG, Charles William—FL
JOHN, Christopher—LA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas—MA
PACKARD, Ronald C.—CA
MOAKLEY, John Joseph—MA
DOOLEY, Calvin M.—CA
DeLAY, Thomas Dale—TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee—CT
BOSWELL, Leonard L.—IA
STENHOLM, Charles Walter—TX
WELDON, Wayne Curtis—PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV—MO
CANNON, Christopher B.—UT
HAMILTON, Lee Herbert—IN
KELLY, Sue W.—NY
FOX, Jon D.—PA
FROST, Jonas Martin—TX
DAVIS, Jim—FL
SANDLIN, Max A.—TX
VENTO, Bruce Frank—MN
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard—NY
SABO, Martin Olav—MN
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.—SC
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis—NY
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.—AL
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy—PA
RIGGS, Frank D.—CA
BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell—VA
SHUSTER, E. G.—PA
MEEK, Carrie P.—FL
GEJDENSON, Samuel—CT
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn—WA
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.—NC
JOHNSON, Jay W.—WI
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph—RI
ROGAN, James E.—CA
SNYDER, Victor F.—AR
JEFFERSON, William Jennings—LA
MINGE, David R.—MN
PAXON, L. William—NY
QUINN, John Francis—NY
THOMAS, William Marshall—CA
MATSUI, Robert T.—CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.—FL
DEAL, John Nathan—GA
JENKINS, William Lewis—TN
BAESLER, Henry Scott—KY
BURTON, Danny Lee—IN
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan—PA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester—TX
HASTERT, John Dennis—IL
BERRY, Robert Marion—AR
CAPPS, Walter Holden—CA
STOKES, Louis—OH
BROWN, George Edward, Jr.—CA
HILLIARD, Earl Frederick—AL
OXLEY, Michael Garver—OH
GOODLING, William Franklin—PA
GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur—NY
NUSSLE, James Allen—IA
PAYNE, Donald Milford—NJ
WYNN, Albert Russell—MD
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.—WA
CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon—AL
MANTON, Thomas J.—NY
PRYCE, Deborah D.—OH
EWING, Thomas W.—IL
SUNUNU, John E.—NH
CARSON, Julia May—IN
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI

Not Voting: 24 (4 D · 2 R)

MemberPartyState
WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr.—WV
BALLENGER, Cass—NC
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks—MI
SCHIFF, Steven Harvey—NM
YATES, Sidney Richard—IL
DEUTSCH, Peter R.—FL
INGLIS, Robert Durden—SC
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene—MS
TOWNS, Edolphus—NY
TAYLOR, Charles Hart—NC
BRYANT, Ed—TN
CUBIN, Barbara L.—WY
COLLINS, Michael Allen—GA
HOEKSTRA, Peter—MI
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest—NJ
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln—FL
SMITH, Robert Freeman—OR
FURSE, Elizabeth—OR
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC