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Floor vote

House vote #493

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local goverment to carry out a program to make backup paper ballots in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment

Failed Congress 110 · Session 2 Jul 15, 2008 · 10:48 PM  HR 5803
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FAILED
248–170
+78 margin
Democrats
228
Republicans
20 170
Majority threshold YES 248 170 NO
418 members voted · 16 present/absent Passed by 78 votes
Crossed the aisle 4

Members who voted against their own party's majority position. What does this mean?

Republican Voted NAY (23 against, 4 for) — but 4 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
 Voted yes 53
AderholtR BaldwinD BishopD BuchananR CarsonD CastorD ClarkeD CleaverD ClyburnD CohenD ColeR CostaD CourtneyD CuellarD DavisD DeGetteD DeLauroD DoggettD FosterD GillibrandD GreenD HironoD HoyerD JohnsonD KapturD LarsenD LarsonD LofgrenD LynchD MarkeyD MatsuiD McCollumD McGovernD MeeksD MooreD MurphyD NadlerD NealD PalloneD SánchezD SchakowskyD SchiffD ScottD ShermanD SmithR SmithD ThompsonD ThompsonD Van HollenD VelázquezD Wasserman SchultzD WatersD WelchD
 Voted no 23
BilirakisR BlackburnR BoozmanR CalvertR CapitoR CarterR FoxxR GravesR IssaR JordanR LattaR McCaulR MoranR RogersR RogersR ScaliseR SessionsR SimpsonR SmithR TurnerR WalbergR WilsonR WittmanR
Present or didn't vote
Diaz-BalartR LucasR