House roll call 440 · 107th Congress · Nov 15, 2001
Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
On Nov 15, 2001, the House voted 338–86 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 2887). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 212–3, Democrats 125–82, Independents 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 85 members voted against their own party.
During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 338
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Nov 15, 2001
By party
- Republicans212 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats125 yes · 82 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted no
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA voted no
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
- Bob Filner D-CA voted no
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted no
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO voted no
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Crowley D-NY voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH voted no
- David Wu D-OR voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
- James Langevin D-RI voted no
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted no
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted no
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted no
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted no
- Brian Baird D-WA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Brian D. Kerns R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jr. Grucci Felix J. R-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Brad Carson D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Edward Schrock R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Did not vote
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Steve Largent R-OK
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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