House roll call 72 · 111th Congress · Feb 23, 2009
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
On Feb 23, 2009, the House voted 299–99 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 44). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 231–2, Republicans 68–97. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 299
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Feb 23, 2009
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 97 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats231 yes · 2 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted yes
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted yes
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted yes
- John Boozman R-AR voted yes
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted yes
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Mary Bono R-CA voted yes
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted yes
- John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted yes
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted yes
- Aaron Schock R-IL voted yes
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted yes
- Jerry Moran R-KS voted yes
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS voted yes
- Rodney Alexander R-LA voted yes
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- Mike Rogers R-MI voted yes
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted yes
- John Kline R-MN voted yes
- Erik Paulsen R-MN voted yes
- Denny Rehberg R-MT voted yes
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC 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
- Peter T. King R-NY voted yes
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
- Michael R. Turner R-OH voted yes
- John A. Boccieri D-OH voted no
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted yes
- Tom Cole R-OK voted yes
- Mary Fallin R-OK voted yes
- Greg Walden R-OR voted yes
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
- Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
- Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted yes
- Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
- Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted yes
- Joe Wilson R-SC voted yes
- Louie Gohmert R-TX voted yes
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX voted yes
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted yes
- Kay Granger R-TX voted yes
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted yes
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted yes
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA 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
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- John Boozman R-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
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney 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
- 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
- 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
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Jared Polis D-CO
- John Salazar 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
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam 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
- 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
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-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
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt 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
- 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
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Mark H. Schauer D-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin 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
- 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
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- 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
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- 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
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-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
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler 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
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa 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
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-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
- 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
- Joseph R. Pitts 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
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-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
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-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
- Brian Baird 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- John A. Boccieri D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- 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
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady 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
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
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
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Tom Perriello D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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