House roll call 37 · 108th Congress · Feb 27, 2003
Human Cloning Prohibition Act
On Feb 27, 2003, the House voted 164–237 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 534). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 12–204, Democrats 152–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 members voted against their own party.
During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 164
- No
- 237
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 27, 2003
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 204 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats152 yes · 33 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
- Artur Davis D-AL voted no
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted yes
- Doug Ose R-CA voted yes
- Mary Bono R-CA voted yes
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT voted yes
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
- Ken Lucas D-KY voted no
- Rodney Alexander D-LA voted no
- Christopher John D-LA voted no
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI voted no
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
- James A. Gibbons R-NV voted yes
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
- Brad Carson D-OK voted no
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA voted yes
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted no
- Jim Turner D-TX voted no
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Denise L. Majette D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Chris Bell D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Max Burns R-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Chris Chocola R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- Rodney Alexander D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- Jeb Bradley R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Brad Carson D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- William J. Janklow R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Edward Schrock R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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