Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act

On Feb 27, 2002, the House voted 273–157 on “On Passage” (HR 1542). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 156–63, Democrats 117–92, Independents 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 155 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: 273
No: 157
Did not vote: 13
Date: Feb 27, 2002

By party

Republicans156 yes · 63 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats117 yes · 92 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ voted no
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
Lois Capps D-CA voted no
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
Hilda L. Solis D-CA voted no
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Susan A. Davis D-CA voted no
Diana Degette D-CO voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
Scott Mcinnis R-CO voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Jim Davis D-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
Johnny Isakson R-GA voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI voted no
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
Dennis Moore D-KS voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted no
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Bill Delahunt D-MA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Mike Rogers R-MI voted no
Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Betty Mccollum D-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
William Paul Luther D-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no

And 75 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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