Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or the DISCLOSE Act

On Jun 24, 2010, the House voted 208–217 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 5175). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 37–216, Republicans 171–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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: Failed
Yes: 208
No: 217
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jun 24, 2010

By party

Republicans171 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 216 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL voted yes
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ voted yes
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted yes
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted yes
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA voted yes
Ron Klein D-FL voted yes
Jim Marshall D-GA voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted yes
Walt Minnick D-ID voted yes
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
Bill Foster D-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted yes
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted yes
Baron P. Hill D-IN voted yes
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Travis W. Childers D-MS voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Heath Shuler D-NC voted yes
Paul Hodes D-NH voted yes
Harry Teague D-NM voted yes
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV voted yes
Michael Arcuri D-NY voted yes
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY voted yes
John A. Boccieri D-OH voted yes
Zack Space D-OH voted yes
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
Jason Altmire D-PA voted yes
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted yes
Tom Perriello D-VA voted yes
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder 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
John Garamendi 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
Judy Chu D-CA
Diane Edith Watson 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
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Betsy Markey D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
David Scott D-GA
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
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
André Carson D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
Charles J. Melancon 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
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
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Gary C. Peters 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
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison 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
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
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Ben Ray Luján 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
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Michael E. Mcmahon 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
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Wu D-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
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Chris Carney D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Mark S. Critz 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
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Al Green D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes 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
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert C. Scott D-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
Adam Smith 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
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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