Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010

On Dec 8, 2010, the House voted 214–193 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 6495). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 213–27, Republicans 1–166. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 214
No: 193
Did not vote: 47
Date: Dec 8, 2010

By party

Republicans1 yes · 166 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats213 yes · 27 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL voted no
Artur Davis D-AL voted no
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
Jim Costa D-CA voted no
John Salazar D-CO voted no
Ed Perlmutter D-CO voted no
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted no
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Shelley Berkley D-NV voted no
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV voted no
John A. Boccieri D-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted no
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-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
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
Betsy Markey 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
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
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
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
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
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler 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
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
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
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
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor 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
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes 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
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
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
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez 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
Zack Space 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
Jason Altmire D-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle 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
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
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Tom Perriello 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
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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