Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act

On Sep 12, 2012, the House voted 183–233 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 5544). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 0–232, Democrats 183–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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: 183
No: 233
Did not vote: 29
Date: Sep 12, 2012

By party

Republicans0 yes · 232 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats183 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Terri Sewell D-AL
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-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
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
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
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
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa 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
John Yarmuth D-KY
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
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
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
Albio Sires 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
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens 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
Kurt Schrader 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
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
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
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

Did not vote

Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Corrine Brown D-FL
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Thomas Massie R-KY
David Alan Curson D-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
W. Todd Akin R-MO
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Dean Heller R-NV
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Christopher John Lee R-NY
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
David Wu D-OR
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Sam Johnson R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
James P. Moran D-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Minnesota Education Investment and…: House Vote, Sep 12, 2012,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/112-H-1510/minnesota-education-investment-and-employment-act (accessed 2026-10-17).