House roll call 590 · 109th Congress · Nov 16, 2005
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fi
On Nov 16, 2005, the House voted 320–91 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree” (HRES 547). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 225–0, Democrats 94–91, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 91 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
- 320
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Nov 16, 2005
By party
- Republicans225 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats94 yes · 91 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
- Doris Matsui D-CA voted no
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
- Mike Honda D-CA voted no
- Sam Farr D-CA voted no
- Lois Capps D-CA voted no
- Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA voted no
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA voted no
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
- Susan A. Davis D-CA voted no
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- Robert Wexler D-FL voted no
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
- Ed Case D-HI voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- Julia May Carson D-IN voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA voted no
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted no
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD voted no
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO voted no
- David Eugene Price D-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
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted no
- Steve Israel D-NY voted no
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted no
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
- Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
- James Langevin D-RI voted no
And 11 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Adam Schiff 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
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- 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
- 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
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-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
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-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
- William Jennings Jefferson D-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
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-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
- 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
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-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
- 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
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-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
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jeff Fortenberry 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
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-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
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-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
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz 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
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. 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
- 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
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
- 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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-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
How each representative voted: No
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman 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
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Walter Olver 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler 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
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II 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
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Voted present
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Al Green D-TX
Did not vote
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- David G. Reichert R-WA
Other votes
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