Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act

On Sep 8, 2009, the House voted 249–145 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 324). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 233–0, Republicans 16–145. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 16 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: Failed
Yes: 249
No: 145
Did not vote: 60
Date: Sep 8, 2009

By party

Republicans16 yes · 145 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats233 yes · 0 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC 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
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Parker Griffith 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
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
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
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette 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
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
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
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
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski 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
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
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
Stephen F. Lynch 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
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
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
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
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
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
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel 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
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
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
John A. Boccieri D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-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
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski 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
Stephen Cohen 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
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
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
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
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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