Homeland Security Act

On Jul 26, 2002, the House voted 318–110 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 5005). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 109–109, Democrats 207–1, Independents 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 110 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: 318
No: 110
Did not vote: 15
Date: Jul 26, 2002

By party

Republicans109 yes · 109 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats207 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL 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
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
William Marshall Thomas R-CA voted no
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Gary G. Miller R-CA voted no
Ken Calvert R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted no
Robert W. Schaffer R-CO voted no
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO voted no
Ander Crenshaw R-FL voted no
Adam Putnam R-FL voted no
Daniel Miller R-FL voted no
Porter J. Goss R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
Bob Barr R-GA voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
Jim Ryun R-KS voted no
Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
David Vitter R-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA voted no
James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted no
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
Nick H. Smith R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Denny Rehberg R-MT voted no
Richard M. Burr R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Thomas Osborne R-NE voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted no
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
John Andrew Boehner R-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK voted no
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK voted no

And 30 more.

The bill

H.R. 5005: To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Homeland Security Act: House Vote, Jul 26, 2002,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/107-H-872/homeland-security-act (accessed 2026-10-14).