Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act

On Dec 21, 2018, the House voted 356–17 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment” (HR 4174). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 182–17, Democrats 174–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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: 356
No: 17
Did not vote: 77
Date: Dec 21, 2018

By party

Republicans182 yes · 17 no · 51 didn’t vote
Democrats174 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ voted no
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
Matthew L. II Gaetz R-FL voted no
Jody Brownlow Hice R-GA voted no
Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
Mike Johnson R-LA voted no
Andy Harris R-MD voted no
Justin Amash R-MI voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Scott Perry R-PA voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Thomas Alexander Jr. Garrett R-VA voted no
David A. Brat R-VA voted no
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA voted no

The bill

H.R. 4174: Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Bradley Byrne R-AL
Martha Roby R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Gary James Palmer R-AL
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
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
Mark James Desaulnier 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
Ro Khanna 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
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
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
Neal Patrick Dunn R-FL
Ted Yoho R-FL
John Henry Rutherford R-FL
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charlie Joseph Crist Jr. D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast 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
Barry D. Loudermilk R-GA
Rick W. Allen R-GA
David Scott D-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Tulsi Gabbard D-HI
Dave Loebsack D-IA
David Young 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
Mike Quigley D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-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
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Darin Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Jackie Walorski R-IN
James E. Banks R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Susan Brooks R-IN
Luke Messer 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
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Garland H. (Andy) Barr IV R-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Clay Higgins R-LA
Ralph Abraham 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
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
John Moolenaar R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Michael Dean Bishop R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Paul Mitchell R-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Brenda Jones D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson 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
Trent Kelly R-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
Greg Gianforte R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
George E.B. Holding R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Bradley Mark Walker R-NC
David Rouzer 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
Adrian Smith 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
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Ruben Jesus Kihuen D-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
Thomas Suozzi D-NY
Kathleen Maura Rice D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Grace Meng 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
Joyce Beatty D-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
Troy Balderson R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Kevin Hern R-OK
Markwayne Mullin R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Dwight Evans D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Ryan Costello R-PA
Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA
Thomas A. Marino 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
Mark Sanford R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
Ralph Norman R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Tom Rice R-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
David Kustoff R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
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
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Beto O'Rourke D-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael Cloud R-TX
Henry Cuellar 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
Brian Babin R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
John R. Curtis R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-VA
Barbara J. Comstock 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
Glenn Grothman R-WI
Sean Duffy R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Alex X. Mooney R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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