Expressing support for designation of January as Poverty in America Awareness Month

On Jan 27, 2010, the House voted 387–18 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree” (HRES 1024). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 242–0, Republicans 145–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 members voted against their own party.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 387
No: 18
Did not vote: 49
Date: Jan 27, 2010

By party

Republicans145 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
Democrats242 yes · 0 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
Tom Price R-GA voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Mike Pence R-IN voted no
Steve Scalise R-LA voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Parker Griffith D-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Charles Djou R-HI
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Barney Frank D-MA
Roy Blunt R-MO
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Adrian Smith R-NE
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Jim Jordan R-OH
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
James P. Moran D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Peter Welch D-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Expressing support for designation of…: House Vote, Jan 27, 2010,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/111-H-1007/expressing-support-for-designation-of-january-as-poverty-in (accessed 2026-10-17).