House roll call 441 · 107th Congress · Nov 15, 2001
Expressing the sense of Congress that schools in the US should set aside a sufficient period of time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf
On Nov 15, 2001, the House voted 297–125 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree” (HCONRES 239). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 212–3, Democrats 84–121, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 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
- 297
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Nov 15, 2001
By party
- Republicans212 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats84 yes · 121 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
- Joe Baca D-CA voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL voted yes
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted yes
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted yes
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
- Ken Lucas D-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Christopher John D-LA voted yes
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted yes
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted yes
- William Paul Luther D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Steve Israel D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted yes
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Brad Carson D-OK voted yes
- David Wu D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted yes
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted yes
- James Langevin D-RI voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Jim Turner D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted yes
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted yes
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
And 7 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
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- 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
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier 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
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-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
- 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
- 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
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-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
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane 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
- 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
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-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
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- 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
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- 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
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jr. Grucci Felix J. R-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney 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
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-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
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- 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
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- James Langevin D-RI
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-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
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- 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
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-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
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- 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
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter 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
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
Voted present
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
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
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
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