To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for Federal employment

On Apr 15, 2013, the House voted 250–159 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 249). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 215–7, Democrats 35–152. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 members voted against their own party.

During the 113th Congress (2013–2014), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.

Result: Failed
Yes: 250
No: 159
Did not vote: 35
Date: Apr 15, 2013

By party

Republicans215 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 152 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Ami Bera D-CA voted yes
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA voted yes
Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
Julia Brownley D-CA voted yes
Raul Ruiz D-CA voted yes
Scott Peters D-CA voted yes
Jared Polis D-CO voted yes
James A. Himes D-CT voted yes
Elizabeth Esty D-CT voted yes
John C. Carney Jr. D-DE voted yes
Kathy Castor D-FL voted yes
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted no
Patrick Murphy D-FL voted yes
Joe Garcia D-FL voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted yes
Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Mike Quigley D-IL voted yes
Brad Schneider D-IL voted yes
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted yes
Gary C. Peters D-MI voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH voted yes
Mark E. Amodei R-NV voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Michael G. Grimm R-NY voted no
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY voted yes
Christopher Gibson R-NY voted no
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY voted no
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY voted yes
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted yes
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA voted yes
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
Pete P. Gallego D-TX voted yes
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA voted yes
Derek Kilmer D-WA voted yes
Denny Heck D-WA voted yes
Ron Kind D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Terri Sewell D-AL
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
Jared Huffman D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Eric Swalwell D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Tony Cárdenas D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Gloria Negrete Mcleod D-CA
Karen Bass D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Janice Hahn D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Alan Grayson D-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Tulsi Gabbard D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Tammy Duckworth D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Bill Enyart D-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
André Carson D-IN
John Yarmuth D-KY
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Joseph P. III Kennedy D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
John Delaney D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Dan Kildee D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Michelle Lujan Grisham D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Steven Horsford D-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Hakeem Jeffries D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Michael G. Grimm R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Christopher Gibson R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Joyce Beatty D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Al Green D-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Beto O'Rourke D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Robert C. Scott D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Mark Pocan D-WI
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

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