House roll call 1183 · 113th Congress · Dec 3, 2014
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act
On Dec 3, 2014, the House voted 404–17 on “On Passage” (HR 647). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 221–5, Democrats 183–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 404
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 3, 2014
By party
- Republicans221 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats183 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
- John Garamendi D-CA voted no
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Raul Ruiz D-CA voted no
- Mark Takano D-CA voted no
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL voted no
- David Scott D-GA voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Tim Huelskamp R-KS voted no
- Justin Amash R-MI voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Jim Bridenstine R-OK voted no
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
- Mark Pocan D-WI voted no
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Bradley Byrne R-AL
- Martha Roby R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Mo Brooks R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Rick Crawford R-AR
- Tim Griffin R-AR
- Steve Womack R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
- Ron Barber D-AZ
- Paul Gosar R-AZ
- Matthew James Salmon R-AZ
- David Schweikert R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Doug Lamalfa R-CA
- Jared Huffman D-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Ami Bera D-CA
- Paul Cook R-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Jeff Denham R-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Eric Swalwell D-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- David G. Valadao R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Tony Cárdenas D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Karen Bass D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Janice Hahn D-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Alan Lowenthal D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Juan Vargas D-CA
- Scott Peters D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- 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
- Elizabeth Esty D-CT
- John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Steve Southerland R-FL
- Ted Yoho R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ron Desantis R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Daniel A. Webster R-FL
- Richard Nugent R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- David W. Jolly R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Dennis Ross R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Patrick Murphy D-FL
- Curt Clawson R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Lois Frankel D-FL
- Frederica Wilson D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Joe Garcia D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Rob Woodall R-GA
- Austin Scott R-GA
- Doug Collins R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
- Tulsi Gabbard D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Robin L. Kelly D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Brad Schneider D-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Bill Enyart D-IL
- Rodney Davis R-IL
- Randy Hultgren R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Adam Kinzinger R-IL
- Cheri Bustos D-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Jackie Walorski R-IN
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Todd Rokita R-IN
- Susan Brooks R-IN
- Luke Messer 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
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Garland H. (Andy) Barr IV R-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Cedric Richmond D-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Vance M. Mcallister R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Joseph P. III Kennedy D-MA
- Katherine M. Clark D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- William R. Keating D-MA
- Andy Harris R-MD
- 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 Benishek R-MI
- Bill Huizenga R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dan Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Kerry Bentivolio R-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Gary C. Peters 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
- Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Ann Wagner R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Vicky Hartzler R-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Billy Long R-MO
- Jason Smith R-MO
- Alan Nunnelee R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Steven Palazzo R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Renee Ellmers R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Richard Hudson R-NC
- Robert Pittenger R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Mark Meadows R-NC
- Alma Adams D-NC
- George E.B. Holding R-NC
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
- Donald Norcross D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Jon Runyan R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-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
- Joe Heck R-NV
- Steven Horsford D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Grace Meng D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Hakeem Jeffries D-NY
- Yvette Diane Clarke 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
- Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
- Christopher Gibson R-NY
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Richard Hanna R-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Chris Collins R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Brad Wenstrup R-OH
- Joyce Beatty D-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Bill Johnson R-OH
- Bob Gibbs R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- David Joyce R-OH
- Steve Stivers R-OH
- Jim Renacci R-OH
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- 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
- Scott Perry R-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
- Keith Rothfus R-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Matt Cartwright D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- David N. Cicilline D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Jeff Duncan R-SC
- Trey Gowdy R-SC
- Mick Mulvaney R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Tom Rice 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
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Diane Black R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Randy Weber R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Beto O'Rourke D-TX
- Bill Flores R-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Pete P. Gallego D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Roger Williams R-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
- Marc Veasey D-TX
- Filemon Vela D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Steve Stockman R-TX
- Chris Stewart R-UT
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- E. Scott Rigell R-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert Hurt R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- David A. Brat 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
- Derek Kilmer D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Denny Heck D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- 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
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Raul Ruiz D-CA
- Mark Takano D-CA
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- David Scott D-GA
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Tim Huelskamp R-KS
- Justin Amash R-MI
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Jim Bridenstine R-OK
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Mark Pocan D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Did not vote
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Gloria Negrete Mcleod D-CA
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Trey Radel R-FL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Joaquin Castro D-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Eric Cantor R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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