Neither required votes by the committee because Mr. Marsalis and Mr. Yeston were listed in the shows' opening-night credits.
Of domestic matters, Mr. Cheney argued that the 1980's, when he served in the House, were a different era, when budget deficits required votes to control spending.
He said he sided with Ms. Segarra when it became clear that his own candidate, Sandra Lerner, did not have the required votes.
The results were in stark contrast to last year, when no players received the required votes for induction as first-timers Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were snubbed in the first real test of players from the steroids era.
The required votes on those matters in the House today gave opponents of the bill from both sides of the aisle an opportunity for a final blast, and for a few minutes it seemed as if Democrats might break a promise and refuse to send the bill to the White House.
But moving ahead with the measure has proved vexing, and the decision to provide an exemption for the N.R.A. to win the votes of one group of Democrats was particularly hard for many other lawmakers to accept, making it difficult for House leaders to secure the required votes.
