House roll call 33 · 115th Congress · Jan 11, 2017
Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional National Talent Act
On Jan 11, 2017, the House voted 386–17 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 39). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 217–17, Democrats 169–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 115th Congress (2017–2018), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 386
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Jan 11, 2017
By party
- Republicans217 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats169 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Mo Brooks R-AL voted no
- Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA voted no
- Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID voted no
- Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
- Justin Amash R-MI voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC voted no
- Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
- Scott Perry R-PA voted no
- Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
- Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
- Ted Poe R-TX voted no
- David A. Brat R-VA voted no
- H. Morgan Griffith R-VA voted no
- Glenn Grothman R-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
- Robert Aderholt 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
- Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ
- David Schweikert R-AZ
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Doug Lamalfa R-CA
- 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
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Eric Swalwell D-CA
- Jim Costa 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
- Norma Judith Torres D-CA
- Raul Ruiz 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
- Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
- Mimi Walters R-CA
- Jose Luis Correa D-CA
- Alan Lowenthal D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Darrell Issa 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
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-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
- 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
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-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
- 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
- Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
- Tulsi Gabbard D-HI
- Rod Blum R-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- David Young R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-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
- Randy Hultgren 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
- 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
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Kevin Yoder 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
- Clay Higgins R-LA
- Mike Johnson 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
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- William R. Keating D-MA
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- John Sarbanes 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
- 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
- Debbie Dingell D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- Jason Mark Lewis R-MN
- Erik Paulsen R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Hudson R-NC
- Robert Pittenger R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Mark Meadows R-NC
- Alma Adams D-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
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Leonard Lance R-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-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
- 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
- Daniel M. Donovan Jr. R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Adriano J. Espaillat 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mike Kelly 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
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- 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
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia) Love 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
- 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
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. 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
- Mo Brooks R-AL
- Paul Gosar R-AZ
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO
- Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Justin Amash R-MI
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Scott Perry R-PA
- Mark Sanford R-SC
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- David A. Brat R-VA
- H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
- Glenn Grothman R-WI
Did not vote
- Debbie Lesko R-AZ
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Jimmy Gomez D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Karen Bass D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John Henry Rutherford R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Karen Handel R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Robin L. Kelly D-IL
- Mike Pompeo R-KS
- Ron Estes R-KS
- Cedric Richmond D-LA
- Andy Harris R-MD
- Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
- Brenda Jones D-MI
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Greg Gianforte R-MT
- Ryan Zinke R-MT
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Joseph Morelle D-NY
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Troy Balderson R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Kevin Hern R-OK
- Dwight Evans D-PA
- Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
- Susan Wild D-PA
- Conor Lamb D-PA
- Mick Mulvaney R-SC
- Ralph Norman R-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Al Green D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Michael Cloud R-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- John R. Curtis R-UT
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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