On Agreeing to the Amendment

On Jul 25, 2003, the House voted 347–77 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 2861). Result: Agreed to. By party: Republicans 148–76, Democrats 198–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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: Agreed to
Yes: 347
No: 77
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 25, 2003

By party

Republicans148 yes · 76 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats198 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL voted no
Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Robert Aderholt R-AL voted no
Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Devin Nunes R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Adam Putnam R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA voted no
James Allen Nussle R-IA voted no
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY voted no
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY voted no
David Vitter R-LA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
John Kline R-MN voted no
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC voted no
Thomas Osborne R-NE voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK voted no
Greg Walden R-OR voted no
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA voted no
James W. Demint R-SC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Kay Granger R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX voted no
Henry Bonilla R-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Edward Schrock R-VA voted no
Eric Cantor R-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted no
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA voted no
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
John Sullivan R-OK
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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