First Step Act of 2018

On Dec 20, 2018, the House voted 358–36 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment to House Amend” (S 756). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 182–36, Democrats 176–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 members voted against their own party.

During the 115th Congress (2017–2018), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 358
No: 36
Did not vote: 56
Date: Dec 20, 2018

By party

Republicans182 yes · 36 no · 32 didn’t vote
Democrats176 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Bradley Byrne R-AL voted no
Martha Roby R-AL voted no
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
Gary James Palmer R-AL voted no
Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ voted no
Doug Lamalfa R-CA voted no
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
Bill Posey R-FL voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
Todd Rokita R-IN voted no
Clay Higgins R-LA voted no
Ralph Abraham R-LA voted no
Jason Smith R-MO voted no
Steven Palazzo R-MS voted no
George E.B. Holding R-NC voted no
David Rouzer R-NC voted no
Richard Hudson R-NC voted no
Adrian Smith R-NE voted no
Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
Markwayne Mullin R-OK voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Joe Wilson R-SC voted no
Ralph Norman R-SC voted no
Tom Rice R-SC voted no
David Kustoff R-TN voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Randy Weber R-TX voted no
Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
Michael Cloud R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Brian Babin R-TX voted no
Sean Duffy R-WI voted no

The bill

S. 756: First Step Act of 2018

How each representative voted: Yes

Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
French Hill R-AR
Steve Womack R-AR
Bruce Westerman R-AR
Thomas C. O'Halleran D-AZ
Martha Mcsally R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Debbie Lesko R-AZ
Jared Huffman D-CA
John Garamendi 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
Mark James Desaulnier D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Ro Khanna D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
James Varni Panetta D-CA
David G. Valadao R-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Salud Carbajal D-CA
Steve Knight R-CA
Julia Brownley D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Tony Cárdenas D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Peter Rey Aguilar D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Ted Lieu D-CA
Jimmy Gomez D-CA
Norma Judith Torres D-CA
Raul Ruiz D-CA
Karen Bass D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Scott Tipton 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
Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
Matthew L. II Gaetz R-FL
Neal Patrick Dunn R-FL
Ted Yoho R-FL
John Henry Rutherford R-FL
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charlie Joseph Crist Jr. D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast R-FL
Francis Rooney R-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Carlos Curbelo R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Buddy Carter R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Anderson Drew IV Ferguson R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Karen Handel R-GA
Rob Woodall R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Doug Collins R-GA
Jody Brownlow Hice R-GA
Barry D. Loudermilk R-GA
Rick W. Allen R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Tulsi Gabbard D-HI
Rod Blum R-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
David Young 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
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
S. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Brad Schneider D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Mike Bost R-IL
Rodney Davis R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Darin Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Jackie Walorski R-IN
James E. Banks R-IN
Susan Brooks R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
Kevin Yoder R-KS
Ron Estes R-KS
James Comer 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
Mike Johnson R-LA
Garret Graves 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
Seth Moulton D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Andy Harris R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
John Delaney D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Bruce Lee Poliquin R-ME
John Bergman R-MI
Bill Huizenga R-MI
Justin Amash R-MI
John Moolenaar R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Paul Mitchell R-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Brenda Jones D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Jason Mark Lewis R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-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
Trent Kelly R-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Greg Gianforte R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Bradley Mark Walker R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Mark Meadows R-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
Kevin Cramer R-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Donald J. Bacon R-NE
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Thomas Charles Macarthur R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Josh S. Gottheimer D-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
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Ruben Jesus Kihuen D-NV
Lee M Zeldin R-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Thomas Suozzi D-NY
Kathleen Maura Rice 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
Daniel M. Donovan Jr. R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
John J. Faso R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Elise M. Stefanik R-NY
Claudia Tenney R-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
John Katko R-NY
Joseph Morelle 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
Warren Davidson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Troy Balderson R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Jim Renacci R-OH
Kevin Hern R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Steve Russell 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
Dwight Evans D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Scott Perry R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Ryan Costello R-PA
Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Lou Barletta R-PA
Keith Rothfus R-PA
Brendan Francis Boyle D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Susan Wild D-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
Conor Lamb D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Trey Gowdy R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
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
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Ted Poe 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
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Beto O'Rourke D-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
John R. Curtis R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Scott William Taylor R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Thomas Alexander Jr. Garrett R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
David A. Brat R-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith 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
Daniel Milton Newhouse R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Derek Kilmer D-WA
Pramila Jayapal D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Denny Heck D-WA
Mark Pocan D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Glenn Grothman R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Alex X. Mooney R-WV
Liz Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “First Step Act of 2018: House Vote, Dec 20, 2018,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/115-H-1155/first-step-act-of-2018 (accessed 2026-10-16).