Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012

On May 16, 2012, the House voted 416–4 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 4119). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 233–3, Democrats 183–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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: Passed
Yes: 416
No: 4
Did not vote: 25
Date: May 16, 2012

By party

Republicans233 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats183 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Justin Amash R-MI voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no

The bill

H.R. 4119: Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
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
Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
Tim Griffin R-AR
Steve Womack R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Paul Gosar R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
Ben Quayle R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva 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
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee 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
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jeff Denham R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-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
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
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
Scott Tipton R-CO
Cory Gardner R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-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
John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
Steve Southerland R-FL
Corrine Brown D-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
Kathy Castor D-FL
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Allen West R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Sandra (Sandy) Adams R-FL
David Rivera R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Rob Woodall R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow 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
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
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
Joe Walsh R-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Robert Dold R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-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
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
André Carson D-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
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Jeff Landry R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander 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
William R. Keating D-MA
Andy Harris R-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
Dan Benishek R-MI
Bill Huizenga R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-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
Hansen Clarke 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
Chip Cravaack R-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Alan Nunnelee R-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Renee Ellmers R-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble 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
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
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Jon Runyan R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Joe Heck 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
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Robert L. Turner R-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Michael G. Grimm R-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
Nan Hayworth R-NY
Christopher Gibson R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Richard Hanna R-NY
Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Bill Johnson R-OH
Steve Austria R-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
Steve Stivers R-OH
Jim Renacci R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Bob Gibbs R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
James Lankford R-OK
Suzanne Bonamici 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
Mike Kelly R-PA
Glenn Thompson 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
Mark S. Critz 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
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Tim Scott R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
Trey Gowdy R-SC
Mick Mulvaney R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-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
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Diane Black R-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
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
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Blake Farenthold R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
E. Scott Rigell R-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Robert Hurt R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-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
Sean Duffy R-WI
Reid Ribble R-WI
David Mckinley R-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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Capitol Receipts, “Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012: House Vote, May 16, 2012,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/112-H-1200/border-tunnel-prevention-act-of-2012 (accessed 2026-10-17).