Reducing Unnecessary Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act

On Jun 20, 2017, the House voted 382–19 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 2866). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 206–19, Democrats 176–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.

During the 115th Congress (2017–2018), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 382
No: 19
Did not vote: 49
Date: Jun 20, 2017

By party

Republicans206 yes · 19 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats176 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Gary James Palmer R-AL voted no
Paul Gosar R-AZ voted no
Andrew S. Biggs R-AZ voted no
Kenneth Robert Buck R-CO voted no
Matthew L. II Gaetz R-FL voted no
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID voted no
Thomas Massie R-KY voted no
Justin Amash R-MI voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Bob Gibbs R-OH voted no
Mark Sanford R-SC voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
John Ratcliffe R-TX voted no
Thomas Alexander Jr. Garrett R-VA voted no
David A. Brat R-VA voted no
Glenn Grothman R-WI voted no
Alex X. Mooney R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Bradley Byrne R-AL
Martha Roby R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
French Hill R-AR
Steve Womack R-AR
Bruce Westerman R-AR
Thomas C. O'Halleran D-AZ
Martha Mcsally R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Ruben Gallego D-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
Doug Lamalfa R-CA
Jared Huffman D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Ami Bera D-CA
Paul Cook R-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Jeff Denham R-CA
Mark James Desaulnier D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Eric Swalwell D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Ro Khanna D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
James Varni Panetta D-CA
David G. Valadao R-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Salud Carbajal D-CA
Steve Knight R-CA
Julia Brownley D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Tony Cárdenas D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Peter Rey Aguilar D-CA
Ted Lieu D-CA
Norma Judith Torres D-CA
Raul Ruiz D-CA
Karen Bass D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Mark Takano D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA
Mimi Walters R-CA
Jose Luis Correa D-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Juan Vargas D-CA
Scott Peters D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
Scott Tipton R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Elizabeth Esty D-CT
Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
Neal Patrick Dunn R-FL
Ted Yoho R-FL
John Henry Rutherford R-FL
Alfred Jr. Lawson D-FL
Ron Desantis R-FL
Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Darren Michael Soto D-FL
Valdez Demings D-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charlie Joseph Crist Jr. D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Brian Jeffrey Mast R-FL
Francis Rooney R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Lois Frankel D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Carlos Curbelo R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Buddy Carter R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Anderson Drew IV Ferguson R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Rob Woodall R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Doug Collins R-GA
Jody Brownlow Hice R-GA
Barry D. Loudermilk R-GA
Rick W. Allen R-GA
David Scott D-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Rod Blum R-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
David Young R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Robin L. Kelly D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
S. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Brad Schneider D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Mike Bost R-IL
Rodney Davis R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Cheri Bustos D-IL
Darin Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Jackie Walorski R-IN
James E. Banks R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Susan Brooks R-IN
Luke Messer R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Joseph Albert III Hollingsworth R-IN
Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Kevin Yoder R-KS
Ron Estes R-KS
James Comer R-KY
Brett Guthrie R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Garland H. (Andy) Barr IV R-KY
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Clay Higgins R-LA
Mike Johnson R-LA
Ralph Abraham R-LA
Garret Graves R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Katherine M. Clark D-MA
Seth Moulton D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
William R. Keating D-MA
Andy Harris R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Anthony Gregory Brown D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
John Delaney D-MD
Jamie Ben Raskin D-MD
Bruce Lee Poliquin R-ME
John Bergman R-MI
Bill Huizenga R-MI
John Moolenaar R-MI
Dan Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Michael Dean Bishop R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Paul Mitchell R-MI
David A. Trott R-MI
Debbie Dingell D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Brenda L Lawrence D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Jason Mark Lewis R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Thomas Earl Emmer II R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jason Smith R-MO
Trent Kelly R-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
George E.B. Holding R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Bradley Mark Walker R-NC
David Rouzer R-NC
Richard Hudson R-NC
Robert Pittenger R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Mark Meadows R-NC
Alma Adams D-NC
Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
Kevin Cramer R-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Donald J. Bacon R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Ann McLane Kuster D-NH
Donald Norcross D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Thomas Charles Macarthur R-NJ
Josh S. Gottheimer D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
Michelle Lujan Grisham D-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen D-NV
Ruben Jesus Kihuen D-NV
Lee M Zeldin R-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Thomas Suozzi D-NY
Kathleen Maura Rice D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Grace Meng D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Hakeem Jeffries D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Daniel M. Donovan Jr. R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Adriano J. Espaillat D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Sean Patrick Maloney D-NY
John J. Faso R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Elise M. Stefanik R-NY
Claudia Tenney R-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
John Katko R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Chris Collins R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Brad Wenstrup R-OH
Joyce Beatty D-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Bill Johnson R-OH
Warren Davidson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
David Joyce R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Jim Bridenstine R-OK
Markwayne Mullin R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Steve Russell R-OK
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Dwight Evans D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Scott Perry R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Ryan Costello R-PA
Patrick Meehan R-PA
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Lou Barletta R-PA
Keith Rothfus R-PA
Brendan Francis Boyle D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Lloyd K. Smucker R-PA
Matt Cartwright D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
Trey Gowdy R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Tom Rice R-SC
Kristi Noem R-SD
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
Scott Desjarlais R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Diane Black R-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
David Kustoff R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D-TX
Beto O'Rourke D-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Jodey Cook Arrington R-TX
Joaquin Castro D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
William Ballard Hurd R-TX
Roger Williams R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Blake Farenthold R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Marc Veasey D-TX
Filemon Vela D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Chris Stewart R-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia) Love R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Scott William Taylor R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Aston Donald Mceachin D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
Barbara J. Comstock R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA
Daniel Milton Newhouse R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Derek Kilmer D-WA
Pramila Jayapal D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Denny Heck D-WA
Mark Pocan D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Sean Duffy R-WI
Michael Gallagher R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Evan H. Jenkins R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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