Last updated on Oct. 31, 2015

Who Missed House Vote 734 (Sept. 23, 2009)?

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This vote on motion to instruct conferees of the bill H R 2918 occurred on Sept. 23, 2009. The vote failed with 191 votes in favor and 213 opposed.

Three out of 28 members of the House gave explanations for missing this vote.

Member	Current	Date Filed	How they would have voted	Reason for missing vote
James Barrett, R-S.C.		Sept. 24, 2009	Yes	Ambiguous or no reason
Melissa Bean, D-Ill.
Howard Berman, D-Calif.
Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
John A. Boehner, R-Ohio	●
Allen Boyd Jr., D-Fla.
Michael E. Capuano, D-Mass.	●	Sept. 29, 2009	No	Ambiguous or no reason
William Delahunt, D-Mass.
Norman Dicks, D-Wash.
Michael F. Doyle, D-Pa.	●
Thomas Edwards, D-Tex.
Kay Granger, R-Tex.	●	Sept. 25, 2009	Yea	Ambiguous or no reason
Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex.	●
Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.
James P. McGovern, D-Mass.	●
Howard McKeon, R-Calif.
Gwen Moore, D-Wis.	●
James Moran Jr., D-Va.
John Murtha, D-Pa.
Joseph R. Pitts, R-Pa.	●
Laura Richardson, D-Calif.
Joe Sestak, D-Pa.
Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J.	●
Jackie Speier, D-Calif.	●
Fortney Stark, D-Calif.
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
Charles Wilson, D-Ohio

In addition, one lawmaker did not miss the vote but either voted incorrectly or otherwise explained their actual vote.

Member	Current	Date Filed	How they would have voted	Reason for missing vote
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md.	●	Sept. 24, 2009	Nay	Voted incorrectly