To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to F

On Dec 8, 2010, the House voted 216–198 on “On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments #1 and #2, and in #3 With Amendment” (HR 5281). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 208–38, Republicans 8–160. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 216
No: 198
Did not vote: 40
Date: Dec 8, 2010

By party

Republicans8 yes · 160 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats208 yes · 38 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL voted no
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Charles Djou R-HI voted yes
Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted no
Larry Kissell D-NC voted no
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
William Owens D-NY voted no
Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
Brian Higgins D-NY voted no
Charlie Wilson D-OH voted no
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
John A. Boccieri D-OH voted no
Zack Space D-OH voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
Kurt Schrader D-OR voted no
Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA voted no
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Patrick Murphy D-PA voted no
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
Mark S. Critz D-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted no
Brian Baird D-WA voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Artur Davis D-AL
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier 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
Jim Costa D-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Judy Chu 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
Joe Baca D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Betsy Markey D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Charles Djou R-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
André Carson D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison 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
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
John H. Adler D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Alice (Dina) Titus D-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
Michael E. Mcmahon D-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
Scott Murphy D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Al Green D-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Tom Perriello D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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