Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

On Dec 21, 2010, the House voted 314–20 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 6547). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 201–0, Republicans 113–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 314
No: 20
Did not vote: 120
Date: Dec 21, 2010

By party

Republicans113 yes · 20 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats201 yes · 0 no · 68 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
Tom Graves R-GA voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
Marlin Stutzman R-IN voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
K. Michael Conaway 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

How each representative voted: Yes

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Trent Franks R-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
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Lois Capps D-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
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters 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
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher 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
Mike Coffman R-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
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
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek 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
Phil Gingrey R-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
Thomas Latham R-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Brett Guthrie R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
John Walter Olver 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
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
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
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Larry Kissell D-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-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
Adrian Smith R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-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
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
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
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
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Steve Austria R-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
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
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
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
Joe Wilson R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-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
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran 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
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-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
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-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
Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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