House Vote 491 - On Passage

Bill:
Description: To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform
Result: Passed by a margin of 93 votes (simple majority required to pass)
Date: ()
R D Total
Yes 168 
136 
304
136
168
 
No 67 
50 
117
50
67
 
Other*
11
6
5
 
*Includes members who did not vote or voted "present"

Complete Roll Call

Explanation available
Mistaken vote

Yes Votes (304)

Member Party Dist.
 
Gary L. Ackerman
D NY-5
 
Sandra Adams
R FL-24
 
Rodney Alexander
R LA-5
 
Jason Altmire
D PA-4
 
Steve Austria
R OH-7
 
Joe Baca
D CA-43
 
Spencer Bachus
R AL-6
 
Lou Barletta
R PA-11
 
John Barrow
D GA-12
 
Joe L. Barton
R TX-6
 
Karen Bass
D CA-33
 
Charles F. Bass
R NH-2
 
Xavier Becerra
D CA-31
 
Shelley Berkley
D NV-1
 
Howard L. Berman
D CA-28
 
Judy Biggert
R IL-13
 
Brian P. Bilbray
R CA-50
 
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
D GA-2
 
Timothy H. Bishop
D NY-1
 
Diane Black
R TN-6
 
Marsha Blackburn
R TN-7
 
Earl Blumenauer
D OR-3
 
Jo Bonner
R AL-1
 
Mary Bono Mack
R CA-45
 
Dan Boren
D OK-2
 
Leonard L. Boswell
D IA-3
 
Charles Boustany Jr.
R LA-7
 
Kevin Brady
R TX-8
 
Bruce Braley
D IA-1
 
Corrine Brown
D FL-3
 
Vern Buchanan
R FL-13
 
Larry Bucshon
R IN-8
 
G. K. Butterfield
D NC-1
 
Ken Calvert
R CA-44
 
Dave Camp
R MI-4
 
John Campbell
R CA-48
 
Francisco Canseco
R TX-23
 
Eric Cantor
R VA-7
 
Shelley Moore Capito
R WV-2
 
Lois Capps
D CA-23
 
Michael E. Capuano
D MA-8
 
Dennis Cardoza
D CA-18
 
Russ Carnahan
D MO-3
 
John Carney
D DE-1
 
Andr Carson
D IN-7
 
John Carter
R TX-31
 
Bill Cassidy
R LA-6
 
Kathy Castor
D FL-11
 
Steven J. Chabot
R OH-1
 
Ben Chandler
D KY-6
 
Judy Chu
D CA-32
 
David Cicilline
D RI-1
 
Yvette D. Clarke
D NY-11
 
William Lacy Clay
D MO-1
 
Emanuel Cleaver II
D MO-5
 
James E. Clyburn
D SC-6
 
Howard Coble
R NC-6
 
Steve Cohen
D TN-9
 
Tom Cole
R OK-4
 
K. Michael Conaway
R TX-11
 
Gerald E. Connolly
D VA-11
 
Jim Cooper
D TN-5
 
Jim Costa
D CA-20
 
Joe Courtney
D CT-2
 
Rick Crawford
R AR-1
 
Ander Crenshaw
R FL-4
 
Mark Critz
D PA-12
 
Joseph Crowley
D NY-7
 
Henry Cuellar
D TX-28
 
John Culberson
R TX-7
 
Elijah E. Cummings
D MD-7
 
Susan A. Davis
D CA-53
 
Danny K. Davis
D IL-7
 
Rosa DeLauro
D CT-3
 
Charlie Dent
R PA-15
 
Scott DesJarlais
R TN-4
 
Ted Deutch
D FL-19
 
Mario Diaz-Balart
R FL-21
 
Norman D. Dicks
D WA-6
 
John D. Dingell
D MI-15
 
Lloyd Doggett
D TX-25
 
Robert Dold
R IL-10
 
Joe Donnelly
D IN-2
 
Mike Doyle
D PA-14
 
David Dreier
R CA-26
 
Sean Duffy
R WI-7
 
Keith Ellison
D MN-5
 
Renee Ellmers
R NC-2
 
Eliot L. Engel
D NY-17
 
Blake Farenthold
R TX-27
 
Chaka Fattah
D PA-2
 
Stephen Fincher
R TN-8
 
Michael G. Fitzpatrick
R PA-8
 
Chuck Fleischmann
R TN-3
 
John Fleming
R LA-4
 
Bill Flores
R TX-17
 
J. Randy Forbes
R VA-4
 
Virginia Foxx
R NC-5
 
Barney Frank
D MA-4
 
Rodney Frelinghuysen
R NJ-11
 
Marcia L. Fudge
D OH-11
 
Elton Gallegly
R CA-24
 
Cory Gardner
R CO-4
 
Jim Gerlach
R PA-6
 
Bob Gibbs
R OH-18
 
Robert W. Goodlatte
R VA-6
 
Trey Gowdy
R SC-4
 
Kay Granger
R TX-12
 
Sam Graves
R MO-6
 
Al Green
D TX-9
 
Tim Griffin
R AR-2
 
Morgan Griffith
R VA-9
 
Mike Grimm
R NY-13
 
Frank Guinta
R NH-1
 
Brett Guthrie
R KY-2
 
Luis V. Gutiérrez
D IL-4
 
Ralph M. Hall
R TX-4
 
Colleen Hanabusa
D HI-1
 
Richard Hanna
R NY-24
 
Gregg Harper
R MS-3
 
Andy Harris
R MD-1
 
Alcee L. Hastings
D FL-23
 
Doc Hastings
R WA-4
 
Nan Hayworth
R NY-19
 
Joe Heck
R NV-3
 
Martin Heinrich
D NM-1
 
Jeb Hensarling
R TX-5
 
Wally Herger
R CA-2
 
Jaime Herrera Beutler
R WA-3
 
Brian Higgins
D NY-27
 
Jim Himes
D CT-4
 
Rubén Hinojosa
D TX-15
 
Kathy Hochul
D NY-26
 
Rush Holt
D NJ-12
 
Steny H. Hoyer
D MD-5
 
Bill Huizenga
R MI-2
 
Robert Hurt
R VA-5
 
Jay Inslee
D WA-1
 
Steve Israel
D NY-2
 
Darrell Issa
R CA-49
 
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
D IL-2
 
Sheila Jackson-Lee
D TX-18
 
Lynn Jenkins
R KS-2
 
Hank Johnson
D GA-4
 
Timothy V. Johnson
R IL-15
 
Bill Johnson
R OH-6
 
Eddie Bernice Johnson
D TX-30
 
Sam Johnson
R TX-3
 
Jim Jordan
R OH-4
 
Bill Keating
D MA-10
 
Mike Kelly
R PA-3
 
Peter T. King
R NY-3
 
Adam Kinzinger
R IL-11
 
Larry Kissell
D NC-8
 
John Kline
R MN-2
 
Raúl Labrador
R ID-1
 
Leonard Lance
R NJ-7
 
Jim Langevin
D RI-2
 
James Lankford
R OK-5
 
Rick Larsen
D WA-2
 
John B. Larson
D CT-1
 
Tom Latham
R IA-4
 
Steven C. LaTourette
R OH-14
 
Robert E. Latta
R OH-5
 
Sander M. Levin
D MI-12
 
Jerry Lewis
R CA-41
 
John Lewis
D GA-5
 
Frank A. LoBiondo
R NJ-2
 
Dave Loebsack
D IA-2
 
Billy Long
R MO-7
 
Nita M. Lowey
D NY-18
 
Frank D. Lucas
R OK-3
 
Blaine Luetkemeyer
R MO-9
 
Stephen F. Lynch
D MA-9
 
Carolyn B. Maloney
D NY-14
 
Tom Marino
R PA-10
 
Jim Matheson
D UT-2
 
Kevin McCarthy
R CA-22
 
Carolyn McCarthy
D NY-4
 
Michael McCaul
R TX-10
 
Betty McCollum
D MN-4
 
Jim McDermott
D WA-7
 
Jim McGovern
D MA-3
 
Patrick T. McHenry
R NC-10
 
Mike McIntyre
D NC-7
 
Howard P. McKeon
R CA-25
 
David McKinley
R WV-1
 
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
R WA-5
 
Pat Meehan
R PA-7
 
John L. Mica
R FL-7
 
Michael H. Michaud
D ME-2
 
Candice S. Miller
R MI-10
 
Brad Miller
D NC-13
 
Gary G. Miller
R CA-42
 
James P. Moran
D VA-8
 
Mick Mulvaney
R SC-5
 
Christopher S. Murphy
D CT-5
 
Tim Murphy
R PA-18
 
Sue Myrick
R NC-9
 
Jerrold Nadler
D NY-8
 
Richard E. Neal
D MA-2
 
Randy Neugebauer
R TX-19
 
Kristi Noem
R SD-1
 
Richard Nugent
R FL-5
 
Devin Nunes
R CA-21
 
Pete Olson
R TX-22
 
John W. Olver
D MA-1
 
Bill Owens
D NY-23
 
Steven Palazzo
R MS-4
 
Frank Pallone
D NJ-6
 
Bill Pascrell Jr.
D NJ-8
 
Erik Paulsen
R MN-3
 
Mike Pence
R IN-6
 
Ed Perlmutter
D CO-7
 
Gary Peters
D MI-9
 
Collin C. Peterson
D MN-7
 
Todd R. Platts
R PA-19
 
Ted Poe
R TX-2
 
Mike Pompeo
R KS-4
 
Tom Price
R GA-6
 
David E. Price
D NC-4
 
Ben Quayle
R AZ-3
 
Mike Quigley
D IL-5
 
Nick J. Rahall II
D WV-3
 
Tom Reed
R NY-29
 
Dave Reichert
R WA-8
 
Jim Renacci
R OH-16
 
Silvestre Reyes
D TX-16
 
Reid Ribble
R WI-8
 
Laura Richardson
D CA-37
 
Cedric Richmond
D LA-2
 
Scott Rigell
R VA-2
 
David Rivera
R FL-25
 
Martha Roby
R AL-2
 
Phil Roe
R TN-1
 
Mike D. Rogers
R AL-3
 
Harold Rogers
R KY-5
 
Mike Rogers
R MI-8
 
Todd Rokita
R IN-4
 
Tom Rooney
R FL-16
 
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R FL-18
 
Peter Roskam
R IL-6
 
Mike Ross
D AR-4
 
Dennis Ross
R FL-12
 
Steven R. Rothman
D NJ-9
 
Lucille Roybal-Allard
D CA-34
 
Jon Runyan
R NJ-3
 
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
D MD-2
 
Paul D. Ryan *
R WI-1
 
Linda T. Sánchez
D CA-39
 
John Sarbanes
D MD-3
 
Steve Scalise
R LA-1
 
Jan Schakowsky
D IL-9
 
Jean Schmidt
R OH-2
 
Kurt Schrader
D OR-5
 
Allyson Y. Schwartz
D PA-13
 
David Schweikert
R AZ-5
 
Tim Scott
R SC-1
 
Robert C. Scott
D VA-3
 
David Scott
D GA-13
 
José E. Serrano
D NY-16
 
Pete Sessions
R TX-32
 
Terri Sewell
D AL-7
 
John Shimkus
R IL-19
 
Heath Shuler
D NC-11
 
Bill Shuster
R PA-9
 
Mike Simpson
R ID-2
 
Albio Sires
D NJ-13
 
Christopher H. Smith
R NJ-4
 
Lamar Smith
R TX-21
 
Adam Smith
D WA-9
 
Jackie Speier
D CA-12
 
Cliff Stearns
R FL-6
 
Marlin Stutzman
R IN-3
 
John Sullivan
R OK-1
 
Mike Thompson
D CA-1
 
Bennie Thompson
D MS-2
 
William M. Thornberry
R TX-13
 
Pat Tiberi
R OH-12
 
John F. Tierney
D MA-6
 
Scott Tipton
R CO-3
 
Paul Tonko
D NY-21
 
Edolphus Towns
D NY-10
 
Fred Upton
R MI-6
 
Chris Van Hollen
D MD-8
 
Tim Walberg
R MI-7
 
Greg Walden
R OR-2
 
Joe Walsh
R IL-8
 
Tim Walz
D MN-1
 
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D FL-20
 
Melvin Watt
D NC-12
 
Peter Welch
D VT-1
 
Lynn Westmoreland
R GA-3
 
Edward Whitfield
R KY-1
 
Frederica Wilson
D FL-17
 
Joe Wilson
R SC-2
 
Robert J. Wittman
R VA-1
 
Steve Womack
R AR-3
 
Rob Woodall
R GA-7
 
David Wu
D OR-1
 
John Yarmuth
D KY-3
 
Kevin Yoder
R KS-3
 
Don Young
R AK-1
 
Todd Young
R IN-9

No Votes (117)

Member Party Dist.
 
Robert B. Aderholt
R AL-4
 
Todd Akin
R MO-2
 
Justin Amash
R MI-3
 
Robert E. Andrews
D NJ-1
 
Michele Bachmann
R MN-6
 
Tammy Baldwin
D WI-2
 
Roscoe G. Bartlett
R MD-6
 
Dan Benishek
R MI-1
 
Gus Bilirakis
R FL-9
 
Rob Bishop
R UT-1
 
Robert A. Brady
D PA-1
 
Mo Brooks
R AL-5
 
Paul Broun
R GA-10
 
Ann Marie Buerkle
R NY-25
 
Michael C. Burgess
R TX-26
 
Dan Burton
R IN-5
 
Jason Chaffetz
R UT-3
 
Hansen Clarke
D MI-13
 
Mike Coffman
R CO-6
 
John Conyers Jr.
D MI-14
 
Jerry F. Costello
D IL-12
 
Chip Cravaack
R MN-8
 
Geoff Davis
R KY-4
 
Peter A. DeFazio
D OR-4
 
Diana DeGette
D CO-1
 
Jeffrey Denham
R CA-19
 
Jeffrey Duncan
R SC-3
 
John J. Duncan Jr.
R TN-2
 
Donna Edwards
D MD-4
 
Jo Ann Emerson
R MO-8
 
Anna G. Eshoo
D CA-14
 
Sam Farr
D CA-17
 
Bob Filner
D CA-51
 
Jeff Flake
R AZ-6
 
Jeff Fortenberry
R NE-1
 
Trent Franks
R AZ-2
 
John Garamendi
D CA-10
 
Scott Garrett
R NJ-5
 
Chris Gibson
R NY-20
 
Louie Gohmert
R TX-1
 
Charlie Gonzalez
D TX-20
 
Paul Gosar
R AZ-1
 
Tom Graves
R GA-9
 
Gene Green
D TX-29
 
Raúl M. Grijalva
D AZ-7
 
Vicky Hartzler
R MO-4
 
Maurice D. Hinchey
D NY-22
 
Mazie K. Hirono
D HI-2
 
Michael M. Honda
D CA-15
 
Tim Huelskamp
R KS-1
 
Randy Hultgren
R IL-14
 
Duncan D. Hunter
R CA-52
 
Walter B. Jones
R NC-3
 
Marcy Kaptur
D OH-9
 
Dale E. Kildee
D MI-5
 
Ron Kind
D WI-3
 
Steve King
R IA-5
 
Jack Kingston
R GA-1
 
Dennis J. Kucinich
D OH-10
 
Doug Lamborn
R CO-5
 
Jeff Landry
R LA-3
 
Barbara Lee
D CA-9
 
Daniel Lipinski
D IL-3
 
Zoe Lofgren
D CA-16
 
Ben Ray Luján
D NM-3
 
Cynthia M. Lummis
R WY-1
 
Dan Lungren
R CA-3
 
Connie Mack
R FL-14
 
Donald Manzullo
R IL-16
 
Kenny Marchant
R TX-24
 
Edward J. Markey
D MA-7
 
Doris Matsui
D CA-5
 
Tom McClintock
R CA-4
 
Thaddeus McCotter
R MI-11
 
Jerry McNerney
D CA-11
 
Jeff Miller
R FL-1
 
George Miller
D CA-7
 
Gwen Moore
D WI-4
 
Alan Nunnelee
R MS-1
 
Ed Pastor
D AZ-4
 
Ron Paul
R TX-14
 
Donald M. Payne
D NJ-10
 
Steve Pearce
R NM-2
 
Nancy Pelosi
D CA-8
 
Tom Petri
R WI-6
 
Chellie Pingree
D ME-1
 
Bill Posey
R FL-15
 
Denny Rehberg
R MT-1
 
Dana Rohrabacher
R CA-46
 
Ed Royce
R CA-40
 
Bobby L. Rush
D IL-1
 
Tim Ryan
D OH-17
 
Loretta Sánchez
D CA-47
 
Adam B. Schiff
D CA-29
 
Bobby Schilling
R IL-17
 
Aaron Schock
R IL-18
 
Austin Scott
R GA-8
 
F. James Sensenbrenner
R WI-5
 
Brad Sherman
D CA-27
 
Louise M. Slaughter
D NY-28
 
Adrian Smith
R NE-3
 
Steve Southerland
R FL-2
 
Pete Stark
D CA-13
 
Betty Sutton
D OH-13
 
Lee Terry
R NE-2
 
Glenn Thompson
R PA-5
 
Niki Tsongas
D MA-5
 
Michael R. Turner
R OH-3
 
Nydia M. Velázquez
D NY-12
 
Peter J. Visclosky
D IN-1
 
Maxine Waters
D CA-35
 
Henry A. Waxman
D CA-30
 
Daniel Webster
R FL-8
 
Allen West
R FL-22
 
Frank R. Wolf
R VA-10
 
Lynn Woolsey
D CA-6
 
C. W. Bill Young
R FL-10

Did Not Vote (11)

Member Party Dist.
 
Rick Berg
R ND-1
 
John A. Boehner
R OH-8
 
Gabrielle Giffords
D AZ-8
 
Phil Gingrey
R GA-11
 
Tim Holden
D PA-17
 
Gregory W. Meeks
D NY-6
 
Grace F. Napolitano
D CA-38
 
Joe Pitts
R PA-16
 
Jared Polis
D CO-2
 
Charles B. Rangel
D NY-15
 
Steve Stivers
R OH-15

* By tradition, the Speaker of the House votes at his or her discretion. In cases where the Speaker does not vote, that absence is not counted in the "Not Voting" totals displayed here, but Represent adds the Speaker's name to the list of people who did not vote.

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