House roll call 1159 · 109th Congress · Sep 27, 2006
Military Commissions Act
On Sep 27, 2006, the House voted 253–168 on “On Passage” (HR 6166). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 219–7, Democrats 34–160, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 253
- No
- 168
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Sep 27, 2006
By party
- Republicans219 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 160 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Artur Davis D-AL voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- John Salazar D-CO voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Brian Higgins D-NY voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
- Daniel David Boren D-OK 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
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
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
- 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
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-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
- 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
- John Salazar D-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Christopher H. Shays 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert 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
- 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
- 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
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- 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
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson 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
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-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
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-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
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. 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
- 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
- Henry Cuellar 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
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-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
- 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
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jim Costa 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
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek 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
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal 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
- 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-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
- 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
- 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
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Al Green D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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