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Floor vote

House vote #860

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007.

Passed Congress 110 · Session 1 Sep 7, 2007 · 3:11 PM  HRES 636
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PASSED
222–181
+41 margin
Democrats
215 7
Republicans
7 174
Majority threshold YES 222 181 NO
403 members voted · 29 present/absent Passed by 41 votes
Crossed the aisle 3

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

Democratic Voted YEA (45 for, 1 against) — but 1 member below broke ranks and voted NAY.
Republican Voted NAY (24 against, 2 for) — but 2 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
 Voted yes 47
BaldwinD BishopD CastorD ClarkeD CleaverD ClyburnD CohenD CostaD CourtneyD CuellarD DavisD DeGetteD DeLauroD DoggettD GillibrandD GreenD HironoD HoyerD IssaR JohnsonD LarsenD LarsonD LofgrenD LynchD MarkeyD MatsuiD McCollumD McGovernD MeeksD MooreD MurphyD NadlerD NealD SánchezD SchakowskyD SchiffD ScottD ShermanD SimpsonR SmithD ThompsonD ThompsonD Van HollenD VelázquezD Wasserman SchultzD WatersD WelchD
 Voted no 25
AderholtR BilirakisR BlackburnR BoozmanR BuchananR CalvertR CapitoR ColeR Diaz-BalartR FoxxR GravesR JordanR KapturD LucasR McCaulR MoranR RogersR RogersR SessionsR SmithR SmithR TurnerR WalbergR WickerR WilsonR
Present or didn't vote
CarterR PalloneD