Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act

On Jan 10, 2017, the House voted 344–73 on “On Passage” (HR 79). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 236–0, Democrats 108–73. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 members voted against their own party.

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

Result: Passed
Yes: 344
No: 73
Did not vote: 33
Date: Jan 10, 2017

By party

Republicans236 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats108 yes · 73 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
Ruben Gallego D-AZ voted no
Jared Huffman D-CA voted no
Mark James Desaulnier D-CA voted no
Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
Eric Swalwell D-CA voted no
Ro Khanna D-CA voted no
Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
Karen Bass D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA voted no
Alan Lowenthal D-CA voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Lois Frankel D-FL voted no
Frederica Wilson D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI voted no
Tulsi Gabbard D-HI voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
André Carson D-IN voted no
Cedric Richmond D-LA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Katherine M. Clark D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted no
John Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD voted no
Dan Kildee D-MI voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Keith Ellison D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Albio Sires D-NJ voted no
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ voted no
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ voted no
Ruben Jesus Kihuen D-NV voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY voted no
José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted no
Paul Tonko D-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH voted no
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR voted no
Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
Matt Cartwright D-PA voted no
David N. Cicilline D-RI voted no
James Langevin D-RI voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
Stephen Cohen D-TN voted no
Al Green D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Peter Welch D-VT voted no
Pramila Jayapal D-WA voted no
Adam Smith D-WA voted no
Mark Pocan D-WI voted no
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Bradley Byrne R-AL
Martha Roby R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Mo Brooks R-AL
Gary James Palmer R-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
Paul Gosar R-AZ
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
Doug Lamalfa R-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
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Jim Costa 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
Peter Rey Aguilar D-CA
Ted Lieu D-CA
Norma Judith Torres D-CA
Raul Ruiz D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mimi Walters R-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
Jared Polis D-CO
Scott Tipton R-CO
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney 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
Ron Desantis R-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Bill Posey R-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
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast R-FL
Francis Rooney R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 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
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
David Scott D-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Rod Blum R-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
David Young R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
S. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
Brad Schneider D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Mike Bost R-IL
Rodney Davis R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Darin Lahood R-IL
Jackie Walorski R-IN
James E. Banks R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Susan Brooks R-IN
Luke Messer R-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Kevin Yoder 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
Clay Higgins R-LA
Mike Johnson R-LA
Ralph Abraham R-LA
Garret Graves R-LA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Joseph P. III Kennedy D-MA
Seth Moulton D-MA
William R. Keating D-MA
Andy Harris R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
John Delaney 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
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Michael Dean Bishop R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Paul Mitchell R-MI
David A. Trott R-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Jason Mark Lewis R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Ann Wagner R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jason Smith R-MO
Trent Kelly R-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
George E.B. Holding R-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Bradley Mark Walker R-NC
David Rouzer R-NC
Richard Hudson R-NC
Robert Pittenger 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
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
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
Leonard Lance R-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Michelle Lujan Grisham D-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen 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
Hakeem Jeffries D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Daniel M. Donovan Jr. R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
John J. Faso R-NY
Elise M. Stefanik R-NY
Claudia Tenney R-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
John Katko R-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
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Jim Renacci R-OH
Jim Bridenstine R-OK
Markwayne Mullin R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Steve Russell R-OK
Greg Walden R-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Dwight Evans D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Scott Perry R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Ryan Costello R-PA
Patrick Meehan R-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
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Mark Sanford R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Trey Gowdy R-SC
Mick Mulvaney R-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
David Kustoff R-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
John Ratcliffe R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-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
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Blake Farenthold R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Brian Babin R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia) Love R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Scott William Taylor R-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
Barbara J. Comstock R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
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
David G. Reichert R-WA
Denny Heck D-WA
Ron Kind D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Glenn Grothman R-WI
Sean Duffy R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Alex X. Mooney R-WV
Evan H. Jenkins 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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