House roll call 558 · 109th Congress · Nov 2, 2005
Online Freedom of Speech Act
On Nov 2, 2005, the House voted 225–182 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 1606). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 179–38, Democrats 46–143, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 84 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
- 225
- No
- 182
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Nov 2, 2005
By party
- Republicans179 yes · 38 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 143 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted yes
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted yes
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted yes
- Mike Honda D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted yes
- Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted yes
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted yes
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted yes
- Joe Baca D-CA voted yes
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
- Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
- John Salazar D-CO voted yes
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- David Scott D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted no
- John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Thomas Osborne R-NE voted no
- Jeb Bradley R-NH voted no
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted yes
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
- Jean Schmidt R-OH voted no
- Michael R. Turner R-OH voted no
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
- Ted Strickland D-OH voted yes
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted yes
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
- Greg Walden R-OR voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Todd Platts R-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted yes
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
And 4 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-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
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Maxine Waters 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
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo 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
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-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
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- 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
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson 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
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay 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
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Joel M. Hefley 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
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- John R. Lewis 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
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-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
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey 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
- 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
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- 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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-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
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy 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
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- James Langevin D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Al Green D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee 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
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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