House Vote 485 - Suspend the rules and pass, as amended

Bill:	H.R.2233 - To assist in the conservation of coral reefs.
Description:	Coral Reef Conservation Act
Result:	Failed by a margin of 45 votes (2/3rds majority needed to pass)
Date:	October 1, 1997 at 2:03 p.m. EDT (vote source)

	R	D	Total
Yes	198	32	230	32 198
No	20	160	181	160 20 1
Other*	9	14	23	14 9

*Includes members who did not vote or voted "present"

Complete Roll Call

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Mistaken vote

Yes Votes (230)

Member	Party	Dist.
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1
Robert B. Aderholt	R	AL-4
Bill Archer	R	TX-7
Richard K. Armey	R	TX-26
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6
Scotty Baesler	D	KY-6
Richard Hugh Baker	R	LA-6
Cass Ballenger	R	NC-10
Bill Barrett	R	NE-3
Roscoe G. Bartlett	R	MD-6
Joe L. Barton	R	TX-6
Charles F. Bass	R	NH-2
Herbert H. Bateman	R	VA-1
Ken Bentsen	D	TX-25
Douglas K. Bereuter	R	NE-1
Brian P. Bilbray	R	CA-49
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9
Tom Bliley	R	VA-7
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7
Sherwood L. Boehlert	R	NY-23
John A. Boehner	R	OH-8
Sonny Bono	R	CA-44
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8
Jim Bunning	R	KY-4
Richard M. Burr	R	NC-5
Dan Burton	R	IN-6
Steve Buyer	R	IN-5
Ken Calvert	R	CA-43
Dave Camp	R	MI-4
Tom Campbell	R	CA-15
Charles T. Canady	R	FL-12
Christopher B. Cannon	R	UT-3
Benjamin L. Cardin	D	MD-3
Michael N. Castle	R	DE-1
Saxby Chambliss	R	GA-8
Jon Christensen	R	NE-2
Howard Coble	R	NC-6
Tom Coburn	R	OK-2
Larry Combest	R	TX-19
Merrill Cook	R	UT-2
John Cooksey	R	LA-5
Christopher Cox	R	CA-47
Philip M. Crane	R	IL-8
Michael D. Crapo	R	ID-2
Barbara L. Cubin	R	WY-1
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham	R	CA-51
Danny K. Davis	D	IL-7
Thomas M. Davis	R	VA-11
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10
Thomas Dale DeLay	R	TX-22
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21
Jay Dickey	R	AR-4
John T. Doolittle	R	CA-4
David Dreier	R	CA-28
Jennifer B. Dunn	R	WA-8
Vernon J. Ehlers	R	MI-3
Robert L. Ehrlich	R	MD-2
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8
Phil English	R	PA-21
John Ensign	R	NV-1
Thomas W. Ewing	R	IL-15
Harris W. Fawell	R	IL-13
Bob Filner	D	CA-50
Mark Adam Foley	R	FL-16
Michael P. Forbes	R	NY-1
Tillie K. Fowler	R	FL-4
Jon D. Fox	R	PA-13
Bob Franks	R	NJ-7
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11
Greg Ganske	R	IA-4
George W. Gekas	R	PA-17
James A. Gibbons	R	NV-2
Wayne T. Gilchrest	R	MD-1
Paul E. Gillmor	R	OH-5
Benjamin A. Gilman	R	NY-20
Virgil H. Goode	D	VA-5
Robert W. Goodlatte	R	VA-6
William F. Goodling	R	PA-19
Porter J. Goss	R	FL-14
Lindsey Graham	R	SC-3
Gene Green	D	TX-29
James C. Greenwood	R	PA-8
Gilbert W. Gutknecht	R	MN-1
Lee H. Hamilton	D	IN-9
James V. Hansen	R	UT-1
J. Dennis Hastert	R	IL-14
Alcee L. Hastings	D	FL-23
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4
John D. Hayworth	R	AZ-6
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5
Wally Herger	R	CA-2
Rick Hill	R	MT-1
Van Hilleary	R	TN-4
Maurice D. Hinchey	D	NY-26
David Lee Hobson	R	OH-7
Peter Hoekstra	R	MI-2
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5
Stephen Horn	R	CA-38
John Nathan Hostettler	R	IN-8
Kenny C. Hulshof	R	MO-9
Duncan L. Hunter	R	CA-52
Asa Hutchinson	R	AR-3
Henry John Hyde	R	IL-6
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4
Ernest J. Istook	R	OK-5
William Lewis Jenkins	R	TN-1
Christopher John	D	LA-7
Nancy Lee Johnson	R	CT-6
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3
John R. Kasich	R	OH-12
Sue W. Kelly	R	NY-19
Barbara B. Kennelly	D	CT-1
Dale E. Kildee	D	MI-9
Jay Kim	R	CA-41
Peter T. King	R	NY-3
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1
Scott L. Klug	R	WI-2
Joseph K. Knollenberg	R	MI-11
James T. Kolbe	R	AZ-5
Dennis J. Kucinich	D	OH-10
Ray H. LaHood	R	IL-18
Nicholas V. Lampson	D	TX-9
Steve Largent	R	OK-1
Tom Latham	R	IA-5
Steven C. LaTourette	R	OH-19
Rick Lazio	R	NY-2
James A. Leach	R	IA-1
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-40
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2
John Linder	R	GA-4
Bob Livingston	R	LA-1
Frank A. LoBiondo	R	NJ-2
Frank D. Lucas	R	OK-6
Bill Luther	D	MN-6
James H. Maloney	D	CT-5
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16
Bill McCollum	R	FL-8
Jim O. McCrery	R	LA-4
Joseph M. McDade	R	PA-10
John M. McHugh	R	NY-24
Scott McInnis	R	CO-3
David M. McIntosh	R	IN-2
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7
Howard P. McKeon	R	CA-25
Michael R. McNulty	D	NY-21
Jack Metcalf	R	WA-2
John L. Mica	R	FL-7
Dan Miller	R	FL-13
David Minge	D	MN-2
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1
Constance A. Morella	R	MD-8
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9
George R. Nethercutt	R	WA-5
Robert William Ney	R	OH-18
Anne Meagher Northup	R	KY-3
Charles W. Norwood	R	GA-10
James Allen Nussle	R	IA-2
Michael G. Oxley	R	OH-4
Ron Packard	R	CA-48
Michael Pappas	R	NJ-12
Mike Parker	R	MS-4
Bill Paxon	R	NY-27
Edward A. Pease	R	IN-7
John E. Peterson	R	PA-5
Tom Petri	R	WI-6
Owen B. Pickett	D	VA-2
Joe Pitts	R	PA-16
Richard W. Pombo	R	CA-11
John Edward Porter	R	IL-10
Rob Portman	R	OH-2
Deborah D. Pryce	R	OH-15
Jack Quinn	R	NY-30
George P. Radanovich	R	CA-19
James M. Ramstad	R	MN-3
Bill Redmond	R	NM-3
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16
Frank Riggs	R	CA-1
Bob Riley	R	AL-3
Tim Roemer	D	IN-3
James E. Rogan	R	CA-27
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-45
Marge Roukema	R	NJ-5
Jim R. Ryun	R	KS-2
Matt Salmon	R	AZ-1
Loretta Sánchez	D	CA-46
Max A. Sandlin	D	TX-1
Tom Sawyer	D	OH-14
H. James Saxton	R	NJ-3
Joe Scarborough	R	FL-1
Dan Schaefer	R	CO-6
Bob Schaffer	R	CO-4
Pete Sessions	R	TX-5
John Shadegg	R	AZ-4
E. Clay Shaw	R	FL-22
Christopher H. Shays	R	CT-4
John Shimkus	R	IL-20
Bud Shuster	R	PA-9
Joe Skeen	R	NM-2
Nick Smith	R	MI-7
Christopher H. Smith	R	NJ-4
Robert F. Smith	R	OR-2
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21
Linda Smith	R	WA-3
Vince Snowbarger	R	KS-3
Gerald B.H. Solomon	R	NY-22
Mark Souder	R	IN-4
Floyd Spence	R	SC-2
James M. Talent	R	MO-2
William J. Tauzin	R	LA-3
Charles H. Taylor	R	NC-11
William M. Thomas	R	CA-21
William M. Thornberry	R	TX-13
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4
James A. Traficant Jr.	D	OH-17
Fred Upton	R	MI-6
James T. Walsh	R	NY-25
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3
J.C. Watts	R	OK-4
W. Curtis Weldon	R	PA-7
Gerald C. Weller	R	IL-11
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19
Robert A. Weygand	D	RI-2
Rick White	R	WA-1
Edward Whitfield	R	KY-1
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1
Frank R. Wolf	R	VA-10
Don Young	R	AK-1
C. W. Bill Young	R	FL-10

No Votes (181)

Member	Party	Dist.
Thomas H. Allen	D	ME-1
Robert E. Andrews	D	NJ-1
John Baldacci	D	ME-2
James A. Barcia	D	MI-5
Bob Barr	R	GA-7
Thomas M. Barrett	D	WI-5
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-30
Marion Berry	D	AR-1
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.	D	GA-2
Rod Blagojevich	D	IL-5
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23
David E. Bonior	D	MI-10
Robert A. Borski	D	PA-3
Leonard L. Boswell	D	IA-3
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2
George E. Brown	D	CA-42
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13
Ed Bryant	R	TN-7
Sonny Callahan	R	AL-1
Walter Capps	D	CA-22
Julia M. Carson	D	IN-10
Steven J. Chabot	R	OH-1
Helen Chenoweth-Hage	R	ID-1
William Clay	D	MO-1
Eva Clayton	D	NC-1
Bob Clement	D	TN-5
James E. Clyburn	D	SC-6
Michael Allen Collins	R	GA-3
Gary Condit	D	CA-18
John Conyers Jr.	D	MI-14
Jerry F. Costello	D	IL-12
William J. Coyne	D	PA-14
Robert E. Cramer	D	AL-5
Elijah E. Cummings	D	MD-7
Pat Danner	D	MO-6
James Davis	D	FL-11
Peter A. DeFazio	D	OR-4
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3
Ronald V. Dellums	D	CA-9
Norman D. Dicks	D	WA-6
John D. Dingell	D	MI-16
Julian C. Dixon	D	CA-32
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-10
Calvin M. Dooley	D	CA-20
Mike Doyle	D	PA-18
John J. Duncan Jr.	R	TN-2
Chet Edwards	D	TX-11
Eliot L. Engel	D	NY-17
Anna G. Eshoo	D	CA-14
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2
Lane A. Evans	D	IL-17
Terry Everett	R	AL-2
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2
Vic Fazio	D	CA-3
Floyd H. Flake	D	NY-6
Harold E. Ford Jr.	D	TN-9
Barney Frank	D	MA-4
Martin Frost	D	TX-24
Elizabeth Furse	D	OR-1
Sam Gejdenson	D	CT-2
Richard Andrew Gephardt	D	MO-3
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6
Luis V. Gutiérrez	D	IL-4
Tony P. Hall	D	OH-3
Ralph M. Hall	D	TX-4
Jane Harman	D	CA-36
Bill Hefner	D	NC-8
Earl F. Hilliard	D	AL-7
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15
Tim Holden	D	PA-6
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD-5
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.	D	IL-2
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX-18
William J. Jefferson	D	LA-2
Jay W. Johnson	D	WI-8
Eddie Bernice Johnson	D	TX-30
Paul E. Kanjorski	D	PA-11
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9
Joseph P. Kennedy II	D	MA-8
Patrick J. Kennedy	D	RI-1
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	D	MI-15
Ron Kind	D	WI-3
Gerald D. Kleczka	D	WI-4
Ron Klink	D	PA-4
John J. LaFalce	D	NY-29
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12
Sander M. Levin	D	MI-12
John Lewis	D	GA-5
William O. Lipinski	D	IL-3
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16
Carolyn B. Maloney	D	NY-14
Thomas J. Manton	D	NY-7
Edward J. Markey	D	MA-7
Matthew G. Martinez	D	CA-31
Frank Mascara	D	PA-20
Robert T. Matsui	D	CA-5
Karen McCarthy	D	MO-5
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3
Paul McHale	D	PA-15
Martin T. Meehan	D	MA-5
Carrie P. Meek	D	FL-17
Robert Menendez	D	NJ-13
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37
George Miller	D	CA-7
Patsy T. Mink	D	HI-2
Joe Moakley	D	MA-9
Alan B. Mollohan	D	WV-1
John P. Murtha	D	PA-12
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8
Richard E. Neal	D	MA-2
Mark W. Neumann	R	WI-1
James L. Oberstar	D	MN-8
David R. Obey	D	WI-7
John W. Olver	D	MA-1
Solomon P. Ortiz	D	TX-27
Major R. Owens	D	NY-11
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6
Bill Pascrell Jr.	D	NJ-8
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-2
Ron Paul	R	TX-14
Donald M. Payne	D	NJ-10
Collin C. Peterson	D	MN-7
Charles W. Pickering	R	MS-3
Glenn Poshard	D	IL-19
David E. Price	D	NC-4
Nick J. Rahall II	D	WV-3
Charles B. Rangel	D	NY-15
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16
Lynn N. Rivers	D	MI-13
Ciro D. Rodriguez	D	TX-28
Harold Rogers	R	KY-5
Steven R. Rothman	D	NJ-9
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-33
Ed Royce	R	CA-39
Bobby L. Rush	D	IL-1
Martin Olav Sabo	D	MN-5
Bernard Sanders	ID	VT-1
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1
Charles E. Schumer	D	NY-9
Robert C. Scott	D	VA-3
F. James Sensenbrenner	R	WI-9
José E. Serrano	D	NY-16
Norman Sisisky	D	VA-4
David E. Skaggs	D	CO-2
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4
Louise M. Slaughter	D	NY-28
Adam Smith	D	WA-9
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2
John M. Spratt Jr.	D	SC-5
Debbie Stabenow	D	MI-8
Pete Stark	D	CA-13
Charles W. Stenholm	D	TX-17
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6
Bob Stump	R	AZ-3
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1
John E. Sununu	R	NH-1
John Tanner	D	TN-8
Ellen O. Tauscher	D	CA-10
Gene Taylor	D	MS-5
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2
John Thune	R	SD-1
Karen L. Thurman	D	FL-5
John F. Tierney	D	MA-6
Esteban Edward Torres	D	CA-34
Edolphus Towns	D	NY-10
James Turner	D	TX-2
Nydia M. Velázquez	D	NY-12
Bruce F. Vento	D	MN-4
Peter J. Visclosky	D	IN-1
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35
Wes Watkins	R	OK-3
Melvin Watt	D	NC-12
Henry A. Waxman	D	CA-29
Robert E. Wise Jr.	D	WV-2
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6
Albert Russell Wynn	D	MD-4
Sidney R. Yates	D	IL-9

Did Not Vote (22)

Member	Party	Dist.
Gary L. Ackerman	D	NY-5
Howard L. Berman	D	CA-26
Peter Deutsch	D	FL-20
Sam Farr	D	CA-17
Tom Foglietta	D	PA-1
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-23
Newt Gingrich	R	GA-6
Henry B. Gonzalez	D	TX-20
Kay Granger	R	TX-12
Amory Houghton	R	NY-31
Walter B. Jones	R	NC-3
Nita M. Lowey	D	NY-18
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-11
James P. Moran	D	VA-8
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-1
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18
Steven Schiff	R	NM-1
Brad Sherman	D	CA-24
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6
Louis Stokes	D	OH-11
David J. Weldon	R	FL-15

* By tradition, the Speaker of the House votes at his or her discretion. In cases where the Speaker does not vote, that absence is not counted in the "Not Voting" totals displayed here, but Represent adds the Speaker's name to the list of people who did not vote.

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