House Vote 320 - On Passage

Bill:	H.R.1995 - To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to empower teachers, improve student ...
Description:	Teacher Empowerment Act
Result:	Passed by a margin of 26 votes (simple majority required to pass)
Date:	July 20, 1999 at 6:59 p.m. EDT (vote source)

	R	D	Total
Yes	215	24	239	24 215
No	4	180	185	180 4 1
Other*	3	7	10	7 3

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

Complete Roll Call

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Mistaken vote

Yes Votes (239)

Member	Party	Dist.
Robert B. Aderholt	R	AL-4
Bill Archer	R	TX-7
Richard K. Armey	R	TX-26
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6
Richard Hugh Baker	R	LA-6
Cass Ballenger	R	NC-10
Bob Barr	R	GA-7
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
Douglas K. Bereuter	R	NE-1
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9
Tom Bliley	R	VA-7
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7
Sherwood L. Boehlert	R	NY-23
John A. Boehner	R	OH-8
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-44
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8
Ed Bryant	R	TN-7
Richard M. Burr	R	NC-5
Dan Burton	R	IN-6
Steve Buyer	R	IN-5
Sonny Callahan	R	AL-1
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
Michael N. Castle	R	DE-1
Steven J. Chabot	R	OH-1
Saxby Chambliss	R	GA-8
Helen Chenoweth-Hage	R	ID-1
Howard Coble	R	NC-6
Tom Coburn	R	OK-2
Michael Allen Collins	R	GA-3
Larry Combest	R	TX-19
Gary Condit	D	CA-18
Merrill Cook	R	UT-2
John Cooksey	R	LA-5
Christopher Cox	R	CA-47
Philip M. Crane	R	IL-8
Barbara L. Cubin	R	WY-1
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham	R	CA-51
James Davis	D	FL-11
Thomas M. Davis	R	VA-11
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9
Thomas Dale DeLay	R	TX-22
Jim DeMint	R	SC-4
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21
Jay Dickey	R	AR-4
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-10
Calvin M. Dooley	D	CA-20
John T. Doolittle	R	CA-4
David Dreier	R	CA-28
John J. Duncan Jr.	R	TN-2
Jennifer B. Dunn	R	WA-8
Vernon J. Ehlers	R	MI-3
Robert L. Ehrlich	R	MD-2
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8
Anna G. Eshoo	D	CA-14
Terry Everett	R	AL-2
Thomas W. Ewing	R	IL-15
Ernest Lee Fletcher	R	KY-6
Mark Adam Foley	R	FL-16
Michael P. Forbes	D	NY-1
Vito J. Fossella	R	NY-13
Tillie K. Fowler	R	FL-4
Bob Franks	R	NJ-7
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-23
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
Kay Granger	R	TX-12
Mark A. Green	R	WI-8
James C. Greenwood	R	PA-8
Gilbert W. Gutknecht	R	MN-1
Ralph M. Hall	D	TX-4
James V. Hansen	R	UT-1
J. Dennis Hastert	R	IL-14
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4
Robin C. Hayes	R	NC-8
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
David Lee Hobson	R	OH-7
Peter Hoekstra	R	MI-2
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12
Stephen Horn	R	CA-38
John Nathan Hostettler	R	IN-8
Amory Houghton	R	NY-31
Kenny C. Hulshof	R	MO-9
Duncan L. Hunter	R	CA-52
Asa Hutchinson	R	AR-3
Henry John Hyde	R	IL-6
Johnny Isakson	R	GA-6
Ernest J. Istook	R	OK-5
William Lewis Jenkins	R	TN-1
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3
Walter B. Jones	R	NC-3
John R. Kasich	R	OH-12
Sue W. Kelly	R	NY-19
Ron Kind	D	WI-3
Peter T. King	R	NY-3
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1
Joseph K. Knollenberg	R	MI-11
James T. Kolbe	R	AZ-5
Steven T. Kuykendall	R	CA-36
Ray H. LaHood	R	IL-18
Steve Largent	R	OK-1
Tom Latham	R	IA-5
Steven C. LaTourette	R	OH-19
James A. Leach	R	IA-1
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-40
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2
John Linder	R	GA-11
William O. Lipinski	D	IL-3
Frank A. LoBiondo	R	NJ-2
Frank D. Lucas	R	OK-6
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16
Bill McCollum	R	FL-8
Jim O. McCrery	R	LA-4
John M. McHugh	R	NY-24
Scott McInnis	R	CO-3
David M. McIntosh	R	IN-2
Howard P. McKeon	R	CA-25
Jack Metcalf	R	WA-2
John L. Mica	R	FL-7
Dan Miller	R	FL-13
Gary G. Miller	R	CA-41
George Miller	D	CA-7
Alan B. Mollohan	D	WV-1
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1
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
Doug Ose	R	CA-3
Michael G. Oxley	R	OH-4
Ron Packard	R	CA-48
Edward A. Pease	R	IN-7
Collin C. Peterson	D	MN-7
Tom Petri	R	WI-6
Charles W. Pickering	R	MS-3
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
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16
Thomas M. Reynolds	R	NY-27
Bob Riley	R	AL-3
Lynn N. Rivers	D	MI-13
Tim Roemer	D	IN-3
James E. Rogan	R	CA-27
Harold Rogers	R	KY-5
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-45
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18
Marge Roukema	R	NJ-5
Ed Royce	R	CA-39
Paul D. Ryan *	R	WI-1
Jim R. Ryun	R	KS-2
Martin Olav Sabo	D	MN-5
Matt Salmon	R	AZ-1
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1
H. James Saxton	R	NJ-3
Joe Scarborough	R	FL-1
Bob Schaffer	R	CO-4
F. James Sensenbrenner	R	WI-9
Pete Sessions	R	TX-5
John Shadegg	R	AZ-4
E. Clay Shaw	R	FL-22
Christopher H. Shays	R	CT-4
Donald L. Sherwood	R	PA-10
John Shimkus	R	IL-20
Bud Shuster	R	PA-9
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2
Joe Skeen	R	NM-2
Nick Smith	R	MI-7
Christopher H. Smith	R	NJ-4
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21
Adam Smith	D	WA-9
Mark Souder	R	IN-4
Floyd Spence	R	SC-2
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6
Charles W. Stenholm	D	TX-17
Bob Stump	R	AZ-3
John E. Sununu	R	NH-1
John E. Sweeney	R	NY-22
James M. Talent	R	MO-2
Thomas G. Tancredo	R	CO-6
Ellen O. Tauscher	D	CA-10
William J. Tauzin	R	LA-3
Gene Taylor	D	MS-5
Charles H. Taylor	R	NC-11
Lee Terry	R	NE-2
William M. Thomas	R	CA-21
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1
William M. Thornberry	R	TX-13
John Thune	R	SD-1
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4
John F. Tierney	D	MA-6
Patrick J. Toomey	R	PA-15
Fred Upton	R	MI-6
David Vitter	R	LA-1
Greg Walden	R	OR-2
James T. Walsh	R	NY-25
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3
Wes Watkins	R	OK-3
J.C. Watts	R	OK-4
David J. Weldon	R	FL-15
W. Curtis Weldon	R	PA-7
Gerald C. Weller	R	IL-11
Edward Whitfield	R	KY-1
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1
Heather A. Wilson	R	NM-1
Frank R. Wolf	R	VA-10
Don Young	R	AK-1
C. W. Bill Young	R	FL-10

No Votes (185)

Member	Party	Dist.
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1
Gary L. Ackerman	D	NY-5
Thomas H. Allen	D	ME-1
Robert E. Andrews	D	NJ-1
Brian Baird	D	WA-3
John Baldacci	D	ME-2
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2
James A. Barcia	D	MI-5
Thomas M. Barrett	D	WI-5
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-30
Ken Bentsen	D	TX-25
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1
Howard L. Berman	D	CA-26
Marion Berry	D	AR-1
Brian P. Bilbray	R	CA-49
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.	D	GA-2
Rod Blagojevich	D	IL-5
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3
David E. Bonior	D	MI-10
Robert A. Borski	D	PA-3
Leonard L. Boswell	D	IA-3
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9
Robert A. Brady	D	PA-1
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13
Lois Capps	D	CA-22
Michael E. Capuano	D	MA-8
Benjamin L. Cardin	D	MD-3
Julia M. Carson	D	IN-10
William Clay	D	MO-1
Eva Clayton	D	NC-1
Bob Clement	D	TN-5
James E. Clyburn	D	SC-6
John Conyers Jr.	D	MI-14
Jerry F. Costello	D	IL-12
William J. Coyne	D	PA-14
Robert E. Cramer	D	AL-5
Joseph Crowley	D	NY-7
Elijah E. Cummings	D	MD-7
Pat Danner	D	MO-6
Danny K. Davis	D	IL-7
Peter A. DeFazio	D	OR-4
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3
Peter Deutsch	D	FL-20
Norman D. Dicks	D	WA-6
John D. Dingell	D	MI-16
Julian C. Dixon	D	CA-32
Mike Doyle	D	PA-18
Chet Edwards	D	TX-11
Eliot L. Engel	D	NY-17
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2
Lane A. Evans	D	IL-17
Sam Farr	D	CA-17
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2
Bob Filner	D	CA-50
Harold E. Ford Jr.	D	TN-9
Barney Frank	D	MA-4
Martin Frost	D	TX-24
Sam Gejdenson	D	CT-2
Richard Andrew Gephardt	D	MO-3
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6
Gene Green	D	TX-29
Luis V. Gutiérrez	D	IL-4
Tony P. Hall	D	OH-3
Alcee L. Hastings	D	FL-23
Baron P. Hill	D	IN-9
Earl F. Hilliard	D	AL-7
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15
Joseph M. Hoeffel	D	PA-13
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD-5
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.	D	IL-2
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX-18
William J. Jefferson	D	LA-2
Christopher John	D	LA-7
Nancy Lee Johnson	R	CT-6
Eddie Bernice Johnson	D	TX-30
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	D	OH-11
Paul E. Kanjorski	D	PA-11
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9
Dale E. Kildee	D	MI-9
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	D	MI-15
Gerald D. Kleczka	D	WI-4
Ron Klink	D	PA-4
Dennis J. Kucinich	D	OH-10
John J. LaFalce	D	NY-29
Nicholas V. Lampson	D	TX-9
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12
John B. Larson	D	CT-1
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9
Sander M. Levin	D	MI-12
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16
Nita M. Lowey	D	NY-18
Kenneth R. Lucas	D	KY-4
Bill Luther	D	MN-6
James H. Maloney	D	CT-5
Carolyn B. Maloney	D	NY-14
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
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4
Michael R. McNulty	D	NY-21
Martin T. Meehan	D	MA-5
Carrie P. Meek	D	FL-17
Gregory W. Meeks	D	NY-6
Robert Menendez	D	NJ-13
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37
David Minge	D	MN-2
Patsy T. Mink	D	HI-2
Joe Moakley	D	MA-9
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3
James P. Moran	D	VA-8
Constance A. Morella	R	MD-8
John P. Murtha	D	PA-12
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8
Grace F. Napolitano	D	CA-34
Richard E. Neal	D	MA-2
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
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8
David D. Phelps	D	IL-19
Owen B. Pickett	D	VA-2
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-1
David E. Price	D	NC-4
Nick J. Rahall II	D	WV-3
Charles B. Rangel	D	NY-15
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16
Ciro D. Rodriguez	D	TX-28
Steven R. Rothman	D	NJ-9
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-33
Bobby L. Rush	D	IL-1
Loretta Sánchez	D	CA-46
Bernard Sanders	ID	VT-1
Max A. Sandlin	D	TX-1
Tom Sawyer	D	OH-14
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9
Robert C. Scott	D	VA-3
José E. Serrano	D	NY-16
Brad Sherman	D	CA-24
Ronnie Shows	D	MS-4
Norman Sisisky	D	VA-4
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4
Louise M. Slaughter	D	NY-28
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2
John M. Spratt Jr.	D	SC-5
Debbie Stabenow	D	MI-8
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1
John Tanner	D	TN-8
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2
Karen L. Thurman	D	FL-5
Edolphus Towns	D	NY-10
James A. Traficant Jr.	D	OH-17
James Turner	D	TX-2
Mark Udall	D	CO-2
Tom Udall	D	NM-3
Nydia M. Velázquez	D	NY-12
Bruce F. Vento	D	MN-4
Peter J. Visclosky	D	IN-1
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35
Melvin Watt	D	NC-12
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19
Robert A. Weygand	D	RI-2
Robert E. Wise Jr.	D	WV-2
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6
David Wu	D	OR-1
Albert Russell Wynn	D	MD-4

Did Not Vote (10)

Member	Party	Dist.
Phil English	R	PA-21
Maurice D. Hinchey	D	NY-26
Tim Holden	D	PA-6
Patrick J. Kennedy	D	RI-1
Rick Lazio	R	NY-2
John Lewis	D	GA-5
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7
John E. Peterson	R	PA-5
Pete Stark	D	CA-13
Henry A. Waxman	D	CA-29

* 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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