House roll call 1546 · 112th Congress · Sep 21, 2012
To limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1
On Sep 21, 2012, the House voted 233–175 on “On Passage” (HR 3409). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 214–13, Democrats 19–162. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 233
- No
- 175
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Sep 21, 2012
By party
- Republicans214 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 162 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- Dave Loebsack D-IA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Robert Dold R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted yes
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Larry Kissell D-NC voted yes
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
- Shelley Berkley D-NV voted yes
- Nan Hayworth R-NY voted no
- Christopher Gibson R-NY voted no
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted yes
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted no
- Mark S. Critz D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA voted no
- E. Scott Rigell R-VA voted no
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted no
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
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
- 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
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa 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
- 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
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-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
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- 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
- Adam Kinzinger R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Randy Hultgren R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Bobby Schilling R-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- 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
- Kevin Yoder R-KS
- Mike Pompeo R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy 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
- 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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell D-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
- Jon Runyan R-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Mark E. Amodei R-NV
- Joe Heck R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Robert L. Turner R-NY
- Michael G. Grimm R-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
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- James Lankford R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Mike Kelly R-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Meehan R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Thomas A. Marino R-PA
- Lou Barletta R-PA
- Mark S. Critz 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
- 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
- Ralph Moody Hall 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
- 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
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert Hurt R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
- Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- 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
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Judy Chu 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
- Brian P. Bilbray R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Dold R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- John Yarmuth 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
- 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
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-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
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy 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
- Nan Hayworth R-NY
- Christopher Gibson R-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
- 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
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- E. Scott Rigell R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-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
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Did not vote
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Karen Bass D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Jeff Landry R-LA
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- David Alan Curson D-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Other votes
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