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House vote #821

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought

Passed Congress 111 · Session 1 Oct 28, 2009 · 1:48 PM EDT  H. Res. 784
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H. Res. 784: Honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.

On October 28, 2009 the House passed the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to H. Res. 784 (Honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy…), 361 to 47.

PASSED
361–47
+314 margin
Democrats
234 12
Republicans
127 35
Majority threshold YES 361 47 NO
408 members voted · 13 Present · 11 Not Voting Passed by 314 votes
Crossed the aisle 5

Members who voted against their own party's majority position.

Republican Voted YEA (27 for, 5 against), but 5 members below broke ranks and voted NAY.
 Voted yes 83
Aderholt R Baldwin D Bilirakis R Bishop D Blackburn R Boozman R Buchanan R Calvert R Capito R Carson D Cassidy R Castor D Chu D Clarke D Cleaver D Clyburn D Cohen D Cole R Costa D Courtney D Cuellar D Davis D DeGette D DeLauro D Diaz-Balart R Doggett D Foster D Green D Guthrie R Heinrich D Himes D Hirono D Issa R Johnson D Kaptur D Larsen D Larson D Lofgren D Lucas R Luján D Lummis R Lynch D Markey D Matsui D McCaul R McClintock R McCollum D McGovern D Meeks D Moore D Moran R Murphy D Nadler D Neal D Pallone D Peters D Pingree D Quigley D M. Rogers R H. Rogers R Sánchez D Scalise R Schakowsky D Schiff D Scott D Sessions R Sherman D C. Smith R Adrian Smith R Adam Smith D G. Thompson R M. Thompson D B. Thompson D Titus D Tonko D Turner R Van Hollen D Velázquez D Wasserman Schultz D Waters D Welch D Wilson R Wittman R
 Voted no 5
Carter R Graves R Jordan R Latta R Simpson R
Present or didn't vote
Present · 1
Foxx R
Didn't vote · 1
Hoyer D
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