House roll call 1579 · 112th Congress · Dec 19, 2012
Protect our Kids Act
On Dec 19, 2012, the House voted 330–77 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 6655). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 151–77, Democrats 179–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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
- 330
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Dec 19, 2012
By party
- Republicans151 yes · 77 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats179 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
- Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
- Ben Quayle R-AZ voted no
- David Schweikert R-AZ voted no
- Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- John Campbell R-CA voted no
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA voted no
- Cory Gardner R-CO voted no
- Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
- Steve Southerland R-FL voted no
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
- Dennis Ross R-FL voted no
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
- Tom Price R-GA voted no
- Rob Woodall R-GA voted no
- Austin Scott R-GA voted no
- Tom Graves R-GA voted no
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID voted no
- Joe Walsh R-IL voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
- Bobby Schilling R-IL voted no
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN voted no
- Todd Rokita R-IN voted no
- Tim Huelskamp R-KS voted no
- Mike Pompeo R-KS voted no
- Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
- Steve Scalise R-LA voted no
- Jeff Landry R-LA voted no
- John Fleming R-LA voted no
- Andy Harris R-MD voted no
- Dan Benishek R-MI voted no
- Bill Huizenga R-MI voted no
- Justin Amash R-MI voted no
- Chip Cravaack R-MN voted no
- W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
- Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
- Steven Palazzo R-MS voted no
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC voted no
- Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
- Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY voted no
- Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
- Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
- James Lankford R-OK voted no
- Tim Scott R-SC voted no
- Jeff Duncan R-SC voted no
- Trey Gowdy R-SC voted no
- Mick Mulvaney R-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Chuck Fleischmann R-TN voted no
- Scott Desjarlais R-TN voted no
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
- John Culberson R-TX voted no
- K. Michael Conaway 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
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
- Pete Olson R-TX voted no
- Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
- Blake Farenthold R-TX voted no
- John R. Carter R-TX voted no
- Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted no
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
- Sean Duffy R-WI voted no
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Ron Barber D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Jared Polis D-CO
- Scott Tipton 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
- John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Richard Nugent 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
- Vernon G. Buchanan 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
- 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
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-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
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-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
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Cedric Richmond D-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
- 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
- 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
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Vicky Hartzler R-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Billy Long R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gregg Harper 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
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell 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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-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
- Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner 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
- Steve Stivers R-OH
- Jim Renacci R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Bob Gibbs R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole 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
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- David N. Cicilline D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Kristi Noem R-SD
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Diane Black R-TN
- Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-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
- 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
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Reid Ribble R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Mo Brooks R-AL
- Paul Gosar R-AZ
- Ben Quayle R-AZ
- David Schweikert R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Cory Gardner R-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Steve Southerland R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Dennis Ross 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
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
- Joe Walsh R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Bobby Schilling R-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Todd Rokita R-IN
- Tim Huelskamp R-KS
- Mike Pompeo R-KS
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Jeff Landry R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Andy Harris R-MD
- Dan Benishek R-MI
- Bill Huizenga R-MI
- Justin Amash R-MI
- Chip Cravaack R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Steven Palazzo R-MS
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Jeff Duncan R-SC
- Trey Gowdy R-SC
- Mick Mulvaney R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
- Scott Desjarlais R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson 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
- Pete Olson 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
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Sean Duffy R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Did not vote
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Laura Richardson D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Alan Nunnelee R-MS
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- David Mckinley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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