Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act

On Sep 14, 2006, the House voted 362–57 on “On Passage” (HR 2965). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 202–22, Democrats 159–35, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 362
No: 57
Did not vote: 21
Date: Sep 14, 2006

By party

Republicans202 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats159 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted no
John Campbell R-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Susan A. Davis D-CA voted no
Diana Degette D-CO voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Henry John Hyde R-IL voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
Betty Mccollum D-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
Mark Green R-WI voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 2965: Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2005

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
Artur Davis D-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-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
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Doris 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
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa 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
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
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-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
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-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
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
Adam Putnam R-FL
Katherine Harris R-FL
Connie Mack IV 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
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie 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
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-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
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
Michael E. Sodrel R-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
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Charles W. Boustany 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
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
John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz 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 Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Mark Kennedy R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan 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
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Thomas Osborne R-NE
Jeb Bradley R-NH
Charles Foster Bass R-NH
Frank A. Lobiondo 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
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
James A. Gibbons R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-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
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 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
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio 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
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts 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
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
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
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar 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
Thelma D. Drake 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
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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