House roll call 547 · 109th Congress · Oct 27, 2005
Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
On Oct 27, 2005, the House voted 85–324 on “On Passage” (HJRES 65). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 34–183, Democrats 51–140, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 85 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
- Failed
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 324
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Oct 27, 2005
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 183 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 140 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted yes
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted yes
- Diana Degette D-CO voted yes
- John B. Larson D-CT voted yes
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted yes
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted yes
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted yes
- Phil Gingrey R-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- David Scott D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- James Allen Nussle R-IA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted yes
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted yes
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL voted yes
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted yes
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted yes
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted yes
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted yes
- Bobby Jindal R-LA voted yes
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted yes
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted yes
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted yes
- W. Todd Akin R-MO voted yes
- Russ Carnahan D-MO voted yes
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted yes
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Rush Holt D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
- Heather Wilson R-NM voted yes
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted yes
- Joseph Crowley D-NY voted yes
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH voted yes
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Robert A. Brady D-PA voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted yes
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA voted yes
- Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted yes
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Ted Poe R-TX voted yes
- Al Green D-TX voted yes
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA voted yes
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA voted yes
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted yes
And 5 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- John R. Lewis D-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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-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
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis 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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-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
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw 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
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney 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
- Ed Case D-HI
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert 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
- 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
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- 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
- 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
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-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
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-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
- 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
- José E. Serrano 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
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter 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
- Ted Strickland D-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
- 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
- Daniel David Boren 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
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-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
- 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
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-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
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-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
- 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
- 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
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Voted present
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
Did not vote
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Other votes
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