House roll call 856 · 110th Congress · Sep 7, 2007
Patent Reform Act of 2007
On Sep 7, 2007, the House voted 220–175 on “On Passage” (HR 1908). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 160–58, Republicans 60–117. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 118 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 220
- No
- 175
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Sep 7, 2007
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 117 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats160 yes · 58 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL voted yes
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
- Devin Nunes R-CA voted yes
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA voted yes
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted yes
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Joe Baca D-CA voted no
- Mary Bono R-CA voted yes
- John Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Darrell Issa R-CA voted yes
- Susan A. Davis D-CA voted no
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO voted yes
- Joe Courtney D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL voted yes
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Tom Price R-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Mazie Hirono D-HI voted no
- Dave Loebsack D-IA voted no
- William Sali R-ID voted yes
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted yes
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Phil Hare D-IL voted no
- Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
- Mike Pence R-IN voted yes
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- Betty Mccollum D-MN voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
- David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH voted no
- Paul Hodes D-NH voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
- Albio Sires D-NJ voted no
- Heather Wilson R-NM voted yes
- Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
- Jon C. Porter R-NV voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY voted no
- Vito John Fossella R-NY voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Brian Higgins D-NY voted no
- Charlie Wilson D-OH voted no
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
And 38 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney 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
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-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
- Mary Bono R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Tim Mahoney D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- William Sali R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. 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
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Nancy Boyda D-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank 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
- John Sarbanes 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-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
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Dean Heller 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
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns 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
- John Hall D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor 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
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Steven Kagen D-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-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
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Paul Hodes D-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-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
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh 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
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- David Davis R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- John Salazar D-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Donna F. Edwards D-MD
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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