Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

On Mar 10, 2005, the House voted 190–235 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 3). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–227, Democrats 189–8, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 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: 190
No: 235
Did not vote: 15
Date: Mar 10, 2005

By party

Republicans0 yes · 227 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats189 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Artur Davis D-AL voted no
Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted no
Ed Case D-HI voted no
Dennis Moore D-KS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no

The bill

H.R. 3: SAFETEA-LU

How each representative voted: Yes

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Michael Avery Ross 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
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald 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 Salazar D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
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
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Leonard L. Boswell D-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
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon 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
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
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
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
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Robert Menendez 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
Brian Higgins D-NY
Ted Strickland D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Sherrod Brown D-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
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis 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
Silvestre Reyes 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
Henry Cuellar 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
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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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