Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act

On Dec 17, 2019, the House voted 408–1 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 4183). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 220–0, Republicans 187–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member voted against their own party.

During the 116th Congress (2019–2020), Donald Trump was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 408
No: 1
Did not vote: 42
Date: Dec 17, 2019

By party

Republicans187 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
Democrats220 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ralph Norman R-SC voted no

The bill

H.R. 4183: Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study 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
Mo Brooks 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
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Paul Gosar R-AZ
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Debbie Lesko R-AZ
Greg Stanton 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
Josh Harder D-CA
Mark James Desaulnier 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
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
James Varni Panetta D-CA
TJ Cox D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Salud Carbajal D-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
Gil Cisneros D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Katie Porter D-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-CA
Harley Rouda D-CA
Mike Levin D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Joseph Neguse D-CO
Scott Tipton R-CO
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Jason Crow D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Jahana Hayes 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
Michael Waltz 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
Ross Spano R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
W. Greg Steube 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
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell D-FL
Donna Shalala D-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
Lucy Mcbath D-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
Ed Case D-HI
Abby Finkenauer D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Cynthia Axne D-IA
Steve King R-IA
Russell Fulcher R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Jesús García D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Sean Casten 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
Lauren Underwood D-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
James Baird R-IN
Susan Brooks R-IN
Gregory Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
Steve Watkins R-KS
Sharice Davids D-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
Clay Higgins R-LA
Ralph Abraham R-LA
Garret Graves R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Lori Trahan D-MA
Joseph P. III Kennedy 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
David Trone D-MD
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Jared Golden D-ME
John Bergman R-MI
Bill Huizenga R-MI
Justin Amash I-MI
John Moolenaar R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Elissa Slotkin D-MI
Andy Levin D-MI
Paul Mitchell R-MI
Haley Stevens D-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Rashida Tlaib D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Jim Hagedorn R-MN
Angela Craig D-MN
Dean Phillips D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Ilhan Omar D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
Peter Stauber R-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
Michael Guest R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
Greg Gianforte R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
George E.B. Holding R-NC
Gregory Francis Murphy 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
Dan Bishop R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Mark Meadows R-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
Kelly Armstrong R-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Donald J. Bacon R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Chris Pappas D-NH
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Andy Kim D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Josh S. Gottheimer D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Tomaz Malinowski D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Mikie Sherrill D-NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
Debra Haaland D-NM
Xochitl Torres Small D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Susie Lee D-NV
Steven Horsford 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
Max Rose D-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
Antonio Delgado D-NY
Elise M. Stefanik R-NY
Anthony Brindisi D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Joseph Morelle D-NY
Brian Higgins D-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
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Troy Balderson R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Anthony Gonzalez R-OH
Kevin Hern R-OK
Markwayne Mullin R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Kendra Horn D-OK
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA
Brendan Francis Boyle D-PA
Dwight Evans D-PA
Madeleine Dean D-PA
Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA
Christina Houlahan D-PA
Susan Wild D-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
Dan Meuser R-PA
Scott Perry R-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Fred Keller R-PA
John Joyce R-PA
Guy Reschenthaler R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Conor Lamb D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Joe Cunningham D-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
William Timmons R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Tom Rice R-SC
Dustin (Dusty) Johnson R-SD
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
Timothy Burchett R-TN
Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
Scott Desjarlais R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
John Rose R-TN
Mark E. Green R-TN
David Kustoff R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Daniel Crenshaw R-TX
Nicholas Taylor R-TX
Lance Gooden R-TX
Ron Wright R-TX
Elizabeth Fletcher D-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
Veronica Escobar D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Charles Roy R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Michael Cloud R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Sylvia Garcia D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Colin Allred D-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
Ben Mcadams D-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Elaine Luria D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Denver Riggleman R-VA
Benjamin Cline R-VA
Abigail Spanberger D-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
Jennifer Wexton D-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
Kim Schrier D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Denny Heck D-WA
Bryan Steil R-WI
Mark Pocan D-WI
Ron Kind 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
Carol Miller R-WV
Liz Cheney R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Ralph Norman R-SC

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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