U.S. House · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 437
On Agreeing to the Amendment
H.R. 5314: Protecting Our Democracy Act
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.
Failed · 211 Yea, 218 Nay
- Held
- December 9, 2021, 3:32 PM EST
- Vote type
- Amendment
- Party-unity vote
- Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
- Official record
- clerk.house.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Democrat | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 0 | 211 | 211 |
| Nay | 217 | 1 | 218 |
| Not voting | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Members | 220 | 213 | 433 |
How each member voted
Yea (211)
- Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
- Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL)
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- James R. Baird (R-IN-4)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
- Jim Banks (R-IN-3)
- Andy Barr (R-KY-6)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Dan Bishop (R-NC-9)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Mo Brooks (R-AL-5)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)
- Ken Buck (R-CO-4)
- Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8)
- Ted Budd (R-NC-13)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)
- Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA-42)
- Kat Cammack (R-FL-3)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
- Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- John R. Carter (R-TX-31)
- Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11)
- Steve Chabot (R-OH-1)
- Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL)
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Michael Cloud (R-TX-27)
- Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)
- Tom Cole (R-OK-4)
- James Comer (R-KY-1)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT-3)
- Warren Davidson (R-OH-8)
- Rodney Davis (R-IL-13)
- Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25)
- Byron Donalds (R-FL-19)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
- Tom Emmer (R-MN-6)
- Ron Estes (R-KS-4)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX-4)
- Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4)
- A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7)
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
- Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5)
- Scott Franklin (R-FL-15)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1)
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
- Mike Garcia (R-CA-25)
- Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26)
- Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1)
- Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23)
- Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16)
- Bob Good (R-VA-5)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4)
- Kay Granger (R-TX-12)
- Garret Graves (R-LA-6)
- Sam Graves (R-MO-6)
- Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)
- Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1)
- Andy Harris (R-MD-1)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
- Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)
- Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3)
- Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
- J. French Hill (R-AR-2)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1)
- Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-8)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-50)
- Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13)
- Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27)
- Bill Johnson (R-OH-6)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
- Mike Johnson (R-LA-4)
- Jim Jordan (R-OH-4)
- David P. Joyce (R-OH-14)
- John Joyce (R-PA-13)
- John Katko (R-NY-24)
- Fred Keller (R-PA-12)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
- Trent Kelly (R-MS-1)
- Young Kim (R-CA-39)
- Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16)
- David Kustoff (R-TN-8)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-18)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
- Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5)
- Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
- Billy Long (R-MO-7)
- Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11)
- Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)
- Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18)
- Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA-4)
- Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10)
- David B. McKinley (R-WV-1)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5)
- Peter Meijer (R-MI-3)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4)
- Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-2)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC-5)
- Devin Nunes (R-CA-22)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6)
- Greg Pence (R-IN-6)
- Scott Perry (R-PA-10)
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
- Bill Posey (R-FL-8)
- Tom Reed (R-NY-23)
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14)
- Tom Rice (R-SC-7)
- Harold Rogers (R-KY-5)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL-3)
- John W. Rose (R-TN-6)
- Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL)
- David Rouzer (R-NC-7)
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Steve Scalise (R-LA-1)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ-6)
- Austin Scott (R-GA-8)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
- Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4)
- Jason Smith (R-MO-8)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11)
- Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Michelle Steel (R-CA-48)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21)
- Bryan Steil (R-WI-1)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
- Chris Stewart (R-UT-2)
- Van Taylor (R-TX-3)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)
- William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4)
- Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10)
- Fred Upton (R-MI-6)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-21)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI-7)
- Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2)
- Michael Waltz (R-FL-6)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4)
- Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
- Steve Womack (R-AR-3)
- Don Young (R-AK-AL)
- Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1)
Nay (218)
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)
- Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31)
- Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)
- Karen Bass (D-CA-37)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)
- Ami Bera (D-CA-7)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)
- Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
- Cori Bush (D-MO-1)
- Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)
- Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8)
- Ed Case (D-HI-1)
- Sean Casten (D-IL-6)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)
- Judy Chu (D-CA-27)
- David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1)
- Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
- James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
- Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11)
- Jim Cooper (D-TN-5)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-16)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- Charlie Crist (D-FL-13)
- Jason Crow (D-CO-6)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)
- Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO-1)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)
- Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19)
- Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10)
- Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35)
- Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)
- Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7)
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL-21)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7)
- John Garamendi (D-CA-3)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
- Al Green (D-TX-9)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-10)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)
- Brian Higgins (D-NY-26)
- James A. Himes (D-CT-4)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV-4)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)
- Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17)
- Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
- William R. Keating (D-MA-9)
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
- Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ-3)
- Ron Kind (D-WI-3)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
- Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2)
- Conor Lamb (D-PA-17)
- James R. Langevin (D-RI-2)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA-2)
- John B. Larson (D-CT-1)
- Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14)
- Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5)
- Barbara Lee (D-CA-13)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)
- Andy Levin (D-MI-9)
- Mike Levin (D-CA-49)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA-33)
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19)
- Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47)
- Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8)
- Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18)
- Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6)
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6)
- Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
- A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9)
- Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5)
- Grace Meng (D-NY-6)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10)
- Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32)
- Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
- Marie Newman (D-IL-3)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)
- Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52)
- Dean Phillips (D-MN-3)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)
- Katie Porter (D-CA-45)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7)
- David E. Price (D-NC-4)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8)
- Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2)
- Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1)
- Tim Ryan (D-OH-13)
- John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
- Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)
- David Scott (D-GA-13)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-30)
- Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ-8)
- Adam Smith (D-WA-9)
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7)
- Jackie Speier (D-CA-14)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15)
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38)
- Mark Takano (D-CA-41)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA-5)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)
- Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)
- David J. Trone (D-MD-6)
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-51)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX-34)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA-43)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Peter Welch (D-VT-AL)
- Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10)
- Susan Wild (D-PA-7)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)
- John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3)
Not voting (4)
- Kevin Brady (R-TX-8)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29)
- Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8)