Continuity in Representation Act

On Mar 3, 2005, the House voted 329–68 on “On Passage” (HR 841). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 206–3, Democrats 122–65, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 68 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 329
No: 68
Did not vote: 43
Date: Mar 3, 2005

By party

Republicans206 yes · 3 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats122 yes · 65 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Artur Davis D-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Susan A. Davis D-CA voted no
John B. Larson D-CT voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted no
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
Betty Mccollum D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Brad Miller D-NC voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
James Langevin D-RI voted no
James Enos Clyburn D-SC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted no
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
James P. Moran D-VA voted no
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted no
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted no
Brian Baird D-WA voted no
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted no
Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
George Miller D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-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
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Bob Beauprez R-CO
Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Jim Davis D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Mark A. Foley R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
Ed Case D-HI
James Allen Nussle R-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Chris Chocola R-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Jim Ryun R-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
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
John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Mark Kennedy R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry 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
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
James A. Gibbons R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-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
Sue W. Kelly R-NY
John E. Sweeney R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-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
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Robert William Ney R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Melissa A. Hart R-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Don Sherwood R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent 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
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall 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
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-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
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Mark Green R-WI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Continuity in Representation Act: House Vote, Mar 3, 2005,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-51/continuity-in-representation-act (accessed 2026-10-13).