Medical Debt Relief Act

On Sep 29, 2010, the House voted 336–82 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 3421). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 249–1, Republicans 87–81. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 82 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: 336
No: 82
Did not vote: 36
Date: Sep 29, 2010

By party

Republicans87 yes · 81 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats249 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL voted no
Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
Devin Nunes R-CA voted no
Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
Mike Coffman R-CO voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
Connie Mack IV R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
Tom Price R-GA voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Tom Graves R-GA voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Phil Gingrey R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
Peter Roskam R-IL voted no
Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
Mike Pence R-IN voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
Brett Guthrie R-KY voted no
Steve Scalise R-LA voted no
John Fleming R-LA voted no
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
John Kline R-MN voted no
Erik Paulsen R-MN voted no
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO voted no
Gregg Harper R-MS voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Adrian Smith R-NE voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Dean Heller R-NV voted no
Christopher John Lee R-NY voted no
Jean Schmidt R-OH voted no
Michael R. Turner R-OH voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Robert E. Latta R-OH voted no
Steve Austria R-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
Joe Wilson R-SC voted no
James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
Kay Granger R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted no
Pete Olson R-TX voted no
Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted no
Jason Chaffetz R-UT voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Eric Cantor R-VA voted no
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted no
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA voted no
Adam Smith D-WA voted no
Paul D. Ryan R-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

And 2 more.

The bill

H.R. 3421: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
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
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-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
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
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
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
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
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
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis 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
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
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
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan 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
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Ron Klein 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
Jim Marshall D-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
Walt Minnick D-ID
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
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-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
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
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-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
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
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-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 Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson 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
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
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
Larry Kissell D-NC
Heath Shuler 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
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
John H. Adler D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance 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
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague 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
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
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Daniel B. Maffei 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
John A. Boccieri D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
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
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
Michael F. Doyle 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
John McKee Spratt Jr. 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
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-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
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-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
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Tom Perriello D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
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
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Medical Debt Relief Act: House Vote, Sep 29, 2010,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/111-H-1540/medical-debt-relief-act (accessed 2026-10-16).