Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act

On Dec 18, 2017, the House voted 371–14 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 3979). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 202–14, Democrats 169–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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: 371
No: 14
Did not vote: 65
Date: Dec 18, 2017

By party

Republicans202 yes · 14 no · 34 didn’t vote
Democrats169 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ voted no
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA voted no
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
Matthew L. II Gaetz R-FL voted no
Ted Yoho R-FL voted no
Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
Justin Amash R-MI voted no
Scott Perry R-PA voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Randy Weber R-TX voted no
Roger Williams R-TX voted no
Brian Babin R-TX voted no
Glenn Grothman R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 3979: Keep America's Refuges Operational Act

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
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
Paul Gosar R-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Ruben Gallego 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
Barbara Lee 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
Ted Lieu D-CA
Jimmy Gomez D-CA
Norma Judith Torres D-CA
Raul Ruiz D-CA
Karen Bass 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
Mimi Walters R-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-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
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
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
John Henry Rutherford R-FL
Alfred Jr. Lawson 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
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Lois Frankel 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
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
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Daniel Lipinski 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
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
Lynn Jenkins 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
Cedric Richmond D-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
Katherine M. Clark D-MA
Seth Moulton 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
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
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
Jason Mark Lewis R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-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
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
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
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
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-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
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
Jerrold Lewis Nadler 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
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Brian Higgins D-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
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
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
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
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Joe Wilson R-SC
Trey Gowdy R-SC
Ralph Norman 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
David Kustoff R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
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
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Kenny Marchant 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
Pete Sessions R-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
John R. Curtis 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
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
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
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Evan H. Jenkins R-WV
Liz Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Mo Brooks R-AL
Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
Debbie Lesko R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
John B. Larson D-CT
Ron Desantis R-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Francis Rooney R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Tom Price R-GA
Barry D. Loudermilk R-GA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Mike Pompeo R-KS
Steve Scalise R-LA
Clay Higgins R-LA
Joseph P. III Kennedy D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Brenda Jones D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Ann Wagner R-MO
Ryan Zinke R-MT
Richard Hudson R-NC
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen D-NV
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
John Katko R-NY
Joseph Morelle D-NY
Chris Collins R-NY
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Troy Balderson R-OH
Jim Bridenstine R-OK
Kevin Hern R-OK
Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
Brendan Francis Boyle D-PA
Susan Wild D-PA
Conor Lamb D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Jeff Duncan R-SC
Mick Mulvaney R-SC
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Beto O'Rourke D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Michael Cloud R-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Mark Pocan D-WI
Sean Duffy R-WI
Alex X. Mooney R-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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