House roll call 1144 · 109th Congress · Sep 26, 2006
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act
On Sep 26, 2006, the House voted 277–131 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 5092). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 213–8, Democrats 63–123, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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
- 277
- No
- 131
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Sep 26, 2006
By party
- Republicans213 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats63 yes · 123 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Artur Davis 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
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted yes
- Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
- Joe Baca D-CA voted yes
- Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
- John Salazar D-CO voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- David Scott D-GA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ voted no
- Peter T. King R-NY voted no
- Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted yes
- Brian Higgins D-NY voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted yes
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
- David Wu D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted yes
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted no
- Adam Smith D-WA voted yes
- Ron Kind D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- 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
- 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
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-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
- John Campbell R-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
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Henry John Hyde 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
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Chris Chocola R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Bobby Jindal R-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
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-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
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt 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
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-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
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-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
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- 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
- 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
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-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
- 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
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- 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
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra 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
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith 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
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-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
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Al Green D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Did not vote
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jim Davis D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Mark Green R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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