Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act

On Mar 30, 2009, the House voted 391–8 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 20). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 238–0, Republicans 153–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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: 391
No: 8
Did not vote: 55
Date: Mar 30, 2009

By party

Republicans153 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats238 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Parker Griffith R-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Corrine Brown D-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Charles Djou R-HI
Mike Quigley D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Roy Blunt R-MO
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Scott Murphy D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
James P. Moran D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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