House roll call 205 · 111th Congress · Apr 23, 2009
COPS Improvements Act of 2009
On Apr 23, 2009, the House voted 342–78 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 1139). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 248–0, Republicans 94–78. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 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
- 342
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 23, 2009
By party
- Republicans94 yes · 78 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats248 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
- Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
- Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA voted no
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted no
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
- Devin Nunes R-CA voted no
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA voted no
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- Gary G. Miller R-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- John Campbell R-CA voted no
- Darrell Issa R-CA voted no
- Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
- Connie Mack IV R-FL voted no
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
- Tom Price R-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
- Steve King R-IA voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
- Mike Pence R-IN voted no
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
- David Lee Camp R-MI voted no
- John Kline R-MN voted no
- Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
- W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
- Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Sue Myrick R-NC voted no
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC voted no
- Adrian Smith R-NE voted no
- Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
- Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
- John Sullivan R-OK voted no
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
- Tom Cole R-OK voted no
- Mary Fallin R-OK voted no
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted no
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
- Joe Wilson R-SC voted no
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
- Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
- Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
- John Culberson R-TX voted no
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
- Kay Granger R-TX voted no
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
- Pete Olson R-TX voted no
- Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
- John R. Carter R-TX voted no
- Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted no
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
- Eric Cantor R-VA voted no
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted no
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
- 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
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier 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
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra 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
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Jared Polis D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Betsy Markey D-CO
- Mike Coffman R-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
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-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
- Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley 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
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy 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
- 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
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- 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
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mark H. Schauer D-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-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
- Erik Paulsen R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison D-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
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell D-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
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Paul Hodes D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- John H. Adler D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Leonard Lance 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
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Harry Teague D-NM
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-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
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
- Steve Driehaus D-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
- John A. Boccieri D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Kurt Schrader D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-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
- Charles W. Dent 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
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa 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
- 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
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Tom Perriello D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Brian Baird D-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
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-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
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Steve King R-IA
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Did not vote
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
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