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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.

H.R. 614Introduced Feb 5, 1997Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. William Luther D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 13, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

36 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 11 Democrats

23 of 36 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Gary Condit (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Mark Foley (R-FL), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Scott Klug (R-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Paul McHale (D-PA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), David Minge (D-MN), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Mark Neumann (R-WI), Michael Pappas (R-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Bill Paxon (R-NY), Glenn Poshard (D-IL), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Mark Sanford (R-SC) and 6 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Luther.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-6 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.