Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act

On May 11, 2021, the House voted 250–168 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 1629). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 214–0, Republicans 36–168. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 members voted against their own party.

During the 117th Congress (2021–2022), Joe Biden was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Failed
Yes: 250
No: 168
Did not vote: 37
Date: May 11, 2021

By party

Republicans36 yes · 168 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats214 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted yes
David G. Valadao R-CA voted yes
Mike Garcia R-CA voted yes
Young Kim R-CA voted yes
Michelle Steel R-CA voted yes
Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL voted yes
Mike Bost R-IL voted yes
Adam Kinzinger R-IL voted yes
Jackie Walorski R-IN voted yes
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN voted yes
Thomas Massie R-KY voted yes
Peter Meijer R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Ann Wagner R-MO voted yes
Vicky Hartzler R-MO voted yes
Madison Cawthorn R-NC voted yes
Jefferson Van Drew R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY voted yes
Nicole Malliotakis R-NY voted yes
Claudia Tenney R-NY voted yes
John Katko R-NY voted yes
Chris Jacobs R-NY voted yes
Warren Davidson R-OH voted yes
Steve Stivers R-OH voted yes
Anthony Gonzalez R-OH voted yes
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted yes
Nancy Mace R-SC voted yes
Dustin (Dusty) Johnson R-SD voted yes
Timothy Burchett R-TN voted yes
Nicholas Taylor R-TX voted yes
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX voted yes
Tony Gonzales R-TX voted yes
Beth Van Duyne R-TX voted yes
Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA voted yes
Daniel Milton Newhouse R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Terri Sewell D-AL
Thomas C. O'Halleran D-AZ
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Greg Stanton D-AZ
Jared Huffman D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Ami Bera D-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
David G. Valadao R-CA
Salud Carbajal D-CA
Mike Garcia 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
Young Kim R-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Katie Porter D-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Alan Lowenthal D-CA
Michelle Steel R-CA
Mike Levin D-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Sara Jacobs D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Joseph Neguse D-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
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Charlie Joseph Crist Jr. D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Nikema Williams D-GA
Lucy Mcbath D-GA
Carolyn Bourdeaux D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Ed Case D-HI
Kaialiʻi Kahele D-HI
Cynthia Axne D-IA
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Marie Newman 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
Lauren Underwood D-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Frank J. Mrvan D-IN
Jackie Walorski R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Sharice Davids D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
Thomas Massie R-KY
Troy Carter D-LA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Lori Trahan D-MA
Jake Auchincloss D-MA
Katherine M. Clark D-MA
Seth Moulton D-MA
Ayanna Pressley D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
William R. Keating D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
David Trone D-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Peter Meijer R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Elissa Slotkin D-MI
Andy Levin D-MI
Haley Stevens D-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
Rashida Tlaib D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Angela Craig D-MN
Dean Phillips D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Ilhan Omar D-MN
Cori Bush D-MO
Ann Wagner R-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Deborah K. Ross D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Kathy E. Manning D-NC
Madison Cawthorn R-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Chris Pappas D-NH
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Jefferson Van Drew R-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
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Mikie Sherrill D-NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Susie Lee D-NV
Steven Horsford D-NV
Andrew R. Garbarino 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
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Nicole Malliotakis R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY
Ritchie Torres D-NY
Jamaal Bowman D-NY
Mondaire Jones D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
Antonio Delgado D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Claudia Tenney R-NY
John Katko R-NY
Joseph Morelle D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Chris Jacobs R-NY
Joyce Beatty D-OH
Warren Davidson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Anthony Gonzalez R-OH
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Earl Blumenauer 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
Conor Lamb D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Nancy Mace R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Dustin (Dusty) Johnson R-SD
Timothy Burchett R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Nicholas Taylor R-TX
Elizabeth Fletcher D-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Veronica Escobar D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Tony Gonzales R-TX
Beth Van Duyne R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Sylvia Garcia D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Colin Allred D-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Elaine Luria D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Abigail Spanberger D-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-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
Derek Kilmer D-WA
Pramila Jayapal D-WA
Kim Schrier D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Marilyn Strickland D-WA
Mark Pocan D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Mary Sattler Peltola D-AK
Barry Moore R-AL
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen R-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Connie Conway R-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Neal Patrick Dunn R-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick D-FL
Michael San Nicolas D-GU
Rodney Davis R-IL
Rudy Yakym III R-IN
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Jared Golden D-ME
Brad Finstad R-MN
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Mike Flood R-NE
Debra Haaland D-NM
Melanie Ann Stansbury D-NM
Patrick Ryan D-NY
Joseph Sempolinski R-NY
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Shontel M. Brown D-OH
Mike Carey R-OH
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Jenniffer González-Cólon R-PR
Jake Ellzey R-TX
Ron Wright R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Mayra Flores R-TX
Burgess Owens R-UT
Stacey E. Plaskett D-VI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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