Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act

On Dec 17, 2010, the House voted 226–109 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (S 3874). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 195–1, Republicans 31–108. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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: 226
No: 109
Did not vote: 119
Date: Dec 17, 2010

By party

Republicans31 yes · 108 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats195 yes · 1 no · 73 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
Mary Bono R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Aaron Schock R-IL voted yes
Lynn Jenkins R-KS voted yes
Bill Cassidy R-LA voted yes
Charles W. Boustany R-LA voted yes
Erik Paulsen R-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Samuel Graves R-MO voted yes
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted yes
Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
Christopher John Lee R-NY voted yes
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY voted yes
Michael R. Turner R-OH voted yes
Glenn Thompson R-PA voted yes
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted yes
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN voted yes
J. Randy Forbes R-VA voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
Paul D. Ryan R-WI voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

The bill

S. 3874: Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act

How each representative voted: Yes

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-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
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Jim Costa D-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
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
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
Alan Grayson D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-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
Mario Diaz-Balart R-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
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
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
Timothy V. Johnson R-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
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Charles J. Melancon D-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
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Erik Paulsen R-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
Samuel Graves R-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price 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
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
John H. Adler D-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
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
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke 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
Christopher John Lee R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Michael R. Turner R-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
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Joe Sestak 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
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Al Green D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
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
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin 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

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Parker Griffith D-AL
Parker Griffith R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
John Elmer Linder R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Charles Djou R-HI
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Roy Blunt R-MO
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Larry Kissell D-NC
Paul Hodes D-NH
Dean Heller R-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
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Scott Murphy D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Zack Space D-OH
Mary Fallin R-OK
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Sam Johnson R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Brian Baird D-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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