House roll call 729 · 108th Congress · Mar 11, 2004
Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004
On Mar 11, 2004, the House voted 391–22 on “On Passage” (HR 3717). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 218–1, Democrats 172–21, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 391
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 11, 2004
By party
- Republicans218 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats172 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Mike Honda D-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted no
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
- Brian Baird D-WA voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey 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
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Devin Nunes 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
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce 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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Denise L. Majette D-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Max Burns R-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel 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
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Chris Chocola R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-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
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- 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
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Frank W. Ballance Jr. 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
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- Jeb Bradley R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael R. Turner 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
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Brad Carson D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-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
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn 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 R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards 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
- Randy Neugebauer 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
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop 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. R-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
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Brian Baird D-WA
Did not vote
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- William J. Janklow R-SD
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Chris Bell D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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