Seniors Protection Act of 2010

On Dec 8, 2010, the House voted 254–153 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 5987). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 228–12, Republicans 26–141. 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: 254
No: 153
Did not vote: 47
Date: Dec 8, 2010

By party

Republicans26 yes · 141 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats228 yes · 12 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Betsy Markey D-CO voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE 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
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
Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
Aaron Schock R-IL voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted yes
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Scott Murphy D-NY voted no
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
Kurt Schrader D-OR voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted yes
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted yes
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
James P. Moran D-VA voted no
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted no
Brian Baird D-WA voted no
Ron Kind D-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

The bill

H.R. 5987: Seniors Protection Act of 2010

How each representative voted: Yes

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords 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
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
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
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
John Salazar 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
Corrine Brown D-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Jim Marshall 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
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
Phil Hare D-IL
Aaron Schock R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
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
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
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin 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
Bennie Thompson D-MS
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
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes 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
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-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
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
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens 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
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak 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
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Al Green D-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
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Tom Perriello D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-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, “Seniors Protection Act of 2010: House Vote, Dec 8, 2010,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/111-H-1594/seniors-protection-act-of-2010 (accessed 2026-10-17).