House roll call 309 · 111th Congress · Jun 4, 2009
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
On Jun 4, 2009, the House voted 258–154 on “On Passage” (HR 626). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 234–5, Republicans 24–149. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 258
- No
- 154
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 4, 2009
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 149 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats234 yes · 5 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL voted no
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
- Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
- Michael R. Turner R-OH voted yes
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
- Kurt Schrader D-OR voted no
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
- Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
- Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA voted yes
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-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
- 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
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Laura Richardson D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano 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
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James A. Himes D-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Kathy Castor 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
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley 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
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler 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
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. 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
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mark H. Schauer D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-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
- 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
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-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
- 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
- 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
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
- Steve Driehaus D-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-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
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-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
- 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
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Al Green D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-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
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- Robert C. Scott D-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
- 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
- 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
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- 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
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Erik Paulsen R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Kurt Schrader D-OR
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- 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
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-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
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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