House roll call 655 · 111th Congress · Jul 29, 2009
Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
On Jul 29, 2009, the House voted 280–150 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 2749). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 230–23, Republicans 50–127. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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
- 280
- No
- 150
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 29, 2009
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 127 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats230 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Parker Griffith D-AL voted no
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- John Salazar D-CO voted no
- Betsy Markey D-CO voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL voted yes
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted yes
- Vernon G. Buchanan 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
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
- Phil Gingrey R-GA voted yes
- Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
- Peter Roskam R-IL voted yes
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Brett Guthrie R-KY voted yes
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted yes
- Steve Scalise R-LA voted yes
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD voted no
- Chellie Pingree D-ME voted no
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Mike Rogers R-MI voted yes
- Candice S. Miller R-MI voted yes
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted yes
- Erik Paulsen R-MN voted yes
- Michele Bachmann R-MN voted yes
- Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Martin Heinrich D-NM voted no
- Harry Teague D-NM voted no
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM voted no
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
- Christopher John Lee R-NY voted yes
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY voted no
- Michael R. Turner R-OH voted yes
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted yes
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
- Greg Walden R-OR voted yes
- Earl Blumenauer 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
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted yes
- Kenny Marchant R-TX voted yes
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted yes
- Tom Perriello D-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
- Peter Welch D-VT voted no
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
- Ron Kind D-WI voted no
- Steven Kagen D-WI voted no
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
- 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
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee 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
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Jared Polis 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
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler 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
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- 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
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-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
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-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
- 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
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell 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
- 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
- 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
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-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
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-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
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-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
- 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
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
- 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
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- 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
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-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
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
- 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
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- John Salazar D-CO
- Betsy Markey D-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Harry Teague D-NM
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Tom Perriello D-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Steven Kagen D-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Did not vote
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
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