America COMPETES Reauthorization Act

On May 28, 2010, the House voted 348–68 on “Eighth Portion of the Divided Question, Proposing to Add a Section 705” (HR 5116). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 179–68, Republicans 169–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 68 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: 348
No: 68
Did not vote: 38
Date: May 28, 2010

By party

Republicans169 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats179 yes · 68 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
John Garamendi D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Lois Capps D-CA voted no
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
Judy Chu D-CA voted no
Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Diana Degette D-CO voted no
Jared Polis D-CO voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted no
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA voted no
John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Donna F. Edwards D-MD voted no
Chellie Pingree D-ME voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Keith Ellison D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted no
Joseph Crowley D-NY voted no
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
David Wu D-OR voted no
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
Stephen Cohen D-TN voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Peter Welch D-VT voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no
David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 5116: America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Parker Griffith R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-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
Brad Sherman D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson 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
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
John Salazar D-CO
Betsy Markey D-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Charles Djou R-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Aaron Schock R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly 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
Jerry Moran R-KS
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Brett Guthrie R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes 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
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Larry Kissell D-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
John H. Adler D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-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
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Michael E. Mcmahon D-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney 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
Christopher John Lee R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
John A. Boccieri D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Mary Fallin R-OK
Greg Walden R-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
Jason Altmire D-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Chris Carney D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
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
Al Green D-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
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
Pete Olson R-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-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
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
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
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Ron Kind D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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