House roll call 1022 · 112th Congress · Feb 28, 2012
Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
On Feb 28, 2012, the House voted 176–241 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 2117). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–233, Democrats 176–8. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 112th Congress (2011–2012), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 176
- No
- 241
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 28, 2012
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 233 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats176 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jim Costa D-CA voted no
- John Barrow D-GA voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Albio Sires D-NJ voted no
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY voted no
- William Owens D-NY voted no
- Kurt Schrader D-OR voted no
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
The bill
H.R. 2117: Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
How each representative voted: Yes
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- John Garamendi 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
- 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
- Karen Bass D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Janice Hahn 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
- John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Frederica Wilson D-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Cedric Richmond 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
- William R. Keating 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
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Hansen Clarke D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-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
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-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
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- David N. Cicilline D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Al Green D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-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
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Martha Roby R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Mo Brooks R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Rick Crawford R-AR
- Tim Griffin R-AR
- Steve Womack R-AR
- Paul Gosar R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- Ben Quayle R-AZ
- David Schweikert R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Jeff Denham R-CA
- Jim Costa D-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
- Scott Tipton R-CO
- Cory Gardner R-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Steve Southerland R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Richard Nugent R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Daniel A. Webster R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Dennis Ross R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Allen West R-FL
- Sandra (Sandy) Adams R-FL
- David Rivera R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Rob Woodall R-GA
- Austin Scott R-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Joe Walsh R-IL
- Robert Dold R-IL
- Adam Kinzinger R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Randy Hultgren R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Bobby Schilling R-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Todd Rokita R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Larry Bucshon R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Tim Huelskamp R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Kevin Yoder R-KS
- Mike Pompeo 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
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Andy Harris R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Dan Benishek R-MI
- Bill Huizenga R-MI
- Justin Amash R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Erik Paulsen R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Chip Cravaack R-MN
- Vicky Hartzler R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Billy Long R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Alan Nunnelee R-MS
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Steven Palazzo R-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Renee Ellmers R-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Rick Berg R-ND
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Frank Guinta R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Jon Runyan R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Mark E. Amodei R-NV
- Joe Heck R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Robert L. Turner R-NY
- Michael G. Grimm R-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nan Hayworth R-NY
- Christopher Gibson R-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Richard Hanna R-NY
- Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Bill Johnson R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Steve Stivers R-OH
- Jim Renacci R-OH
- Bob Gibbs R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Kurt Schrader D-OR
- Mike Kelly R-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Meehan R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Thomas A. Marino R-PA
- Lou Barletta R-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Jeff Duncan R-SC
- Trey Gowdy R-SC
- Mick Mulvaney R-SC
- Kristi Noem R-SD
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
- Scott Desjarlais R-TN
- Diane Black R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton 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
- Bill Flores R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Blake Farenthold R-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
- E. Scott Rigell R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert Hurt R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Sean Duffy R-WI
- Reid Ribble R-WI
- David Mckinley R-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Did not vote
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Ron Barber D-AZ
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Jeff Landry R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- David Alan Curson D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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