Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

On Oct 16, 2007, the House voted 398–21 on “On Passage” (HR 2102). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 222–1, Republicans 176–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 398
No: 21
Did not vote: 34
Date: Oct 16, 2007

By party

Republicans176 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats222 yes · 1 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Darrell Issa R-CA voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
William Sali R-ID voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 2102: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

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
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
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney 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
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-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
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-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
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Christopher Murphy D-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
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-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
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
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
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank 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
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen 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
Tim Walberg 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 Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II 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
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
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman 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
Yvette Diane Clarke 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
John Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Mary Fallin 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
Jason Altmire D-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Chris Carney D-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
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David Davis R-TN
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
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling 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
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
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-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
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
John Peterson R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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