House roll call 1838 · 110th Congress · Sep 27, 2008
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act
On Sep 27, 2008, the House voted 243–175 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 6707). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 206–22, Republicans 37–153. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 243
- No
- 175
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Sep 27, 2008
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 153 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats206 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
- John Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL voted no
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL voted no
- Peter Roskam R-IL voted yes
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
- Nancy Boyda D-KS voted no
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
- Steve Scalise R-LA voted yes
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted yes
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted yes
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- Michele Bachmann R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ voted yes
- Heather Wilson R-NM voted yes
- Jon C. Porter R-NV voted yes
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted no
- Louie Gohmert R-TX voted yes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA voted yes
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted yes
- Adam Smith D-WA voted no
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier 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
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Laura Richardson D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Tim Mahoney D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- John Sarbanes D-MD
- Donna F. Edwards 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
- Joseph Knollenberg 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
- Tim Walz D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-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
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-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
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Paul Hodes D-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
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-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
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Yvette Diane Clarke 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
- John Hall D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Zack Space 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
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- Chris Carney 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
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- 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
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Peter Welch D-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
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Steven Kagen D-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-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
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- William Sali R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Nancy Boyda D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts 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
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- David Davis R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- 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
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson 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
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor 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
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- John Peterson R-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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