House roll call 1227 · 111th Congress · Apr 29, 2010
Puerto Rico Democracy Act
On Apr 29, 2010, the House voted 223–169 on “On Passage” (HR 2499). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 184–40, Republicans 39–129. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 members voted against their own party.
During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 223
- No
- 169
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Apr 29, 2010
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 129 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats184 yes · 40 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
- Jeff Flake R-AZ voted yes
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- Mike Honda D-CA voted no
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA voted yes
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
- John Campbell R-CA voted yes
- Darrell Issa R-CA voted yes
- Mike Coffman R-CO voted yes
- Joe Courtney D-CT voted no
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
- Christopher Murphy D-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL voted yes
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted yes
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
- Connie Mack IV R-FL voted yes
- Bill Posey R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
- Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Mike Quigley D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
- Aaron Schock R-IL voted yes
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
- Mike Pence R-IN voted yes
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- John Kline R-MN voted yes
- Keith Ellison D-MN voted no
- Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- Michael E. Mcmahon D-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Zack Space D-OH voted no
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
- Tom Cole R-OK voted yes
- Greg Walden R-OR voted yes
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
- Glenn Thompson R-PA voted yes
- Chris Carney D-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted yes
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
- Tom Perriello D-VA voted no
- Eric Cantor R-VA voted yes
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva 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
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Jared Polis D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Betsy Markey D-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- James A. Himes D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- John Sarbanes D-MD
- Donna F. Edwards 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Mark H. Schauer D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Larry Kissell D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- John H. Adler D-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
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Yvette Diane Clarke 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
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Steve Driehaus D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
- John A. Boccieri D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Tom Cole R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Kurt Schrader D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-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
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-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
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Steven Kagen D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Brad Sherman 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
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Erik Paulsen R-MN
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Michael E. Mcmahon D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall 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
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-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
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Tom Perriello D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Paul Hodes D-NH
- Harry Teague D-NM
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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