Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act

On Nov 15, 2012, the House voted 370–19 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments” (HR 2453). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 207–18, Democrats 163–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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: 370
No: 19
Did not vote: 56
Date: Nov 15, 2012

By party

Republicans207 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
Democrats163 yes · 1 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
David Schweikert R-AZ voted no
Dennis Ross R-FL voted no
Tom Graves R-GA voted no
Tim Huelskamp R-KS voted no
Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
Justin Amash R-MI voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Mick Mulvaney R-SC voted no
Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Bill Flores R-TX voted no
E. Scott Rigell R-VA voted no
Reid Ribble R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 2453: Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act

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
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
Ben Quayle R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-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
Jeff Denham R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-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
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Jared Polis D-CO
Scott Tipton R-CO
Cory Gardner R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-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
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
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
Tom Price R-GA
Rob Woodall R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. 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
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
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
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Bobby Schilling R-IL
Aaron Schock R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Todd Young R-IN
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Kevin Yoder R-KS
Mike Pompeo R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Brett Guthrie R-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Jeff Landry R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern 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
Andy Harris R-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
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
David Alan Curson 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
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
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
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Jon Runyan R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
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
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Robert L. Turner R-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
Richard Hanna R-NY
Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter 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
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
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
Jason Altmire D-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
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
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
Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson 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
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
Robert C. Scott D-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
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
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
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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