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Floor vote

House vote #537

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation

Passed Congress 112 · Session 2 Jul 31, 2012 · 7:06 PM EDT  S 679
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PASSED
261–116
+145 margin
Democrats
166 1
Republicans
95 115
Majority threshold YES 261 116 NO
377 members voted · 54 Not Voting Passed by 145 votes
Crossed the aisle 16

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

Republican Voted NAY (24 against, 16 for), but 16 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
 Voted yes 68
Amodei R Bonamici D Calvert R Capito R Carson D Carter R Castor D Chu D Clarke D Cleaver D Clyburn D Cohen D Costa D Courtney D Cuellar D Davis D DeLauro D Diaz-Balart R Garamendi D Graves R Green D Griffith R Guthrie R Himes D Hoyer D Issa R Keating D Larsen D Larson D Lofgren D Luján D Lynch D Markey D Matsui D McCollum D McGovern D Meeks D Murphy D Nadler D Neal D Pallone D Pelosi D Peters D Pingree D Quigley D Rogers R Sánchez D Schakowsky D Schiff D Scott R Scott D Sessions R Sewell D Sherman D Simpson R Smith R Smith R Smith D Thompson R Thompson D Thompson D Tonko D Van Hollen D Velázquez D Wasserman Schultz D Waters D Welch D Wilson D
 Voted no 24
Aderholt R Bilirakis R Blackburn R Buchanan R Cole R Crawford R Fleischmann R Foxx R Gosar R Harris R Kelly R Lankford R Latta R Lucas R Lummis R McClintock R Scalise R Schweikert R Stutzman R Turner R Webster R Wilson R Wittman R Womack R
Present or didn't vote
Baldwin D Bishop D Cassidy R DeGette D DesJarlais R Doggett D Heinrich D Hirono D Huizenga R Johnson D Jordan R Kaptur D McCaul R Moore D Rogers R Scott R Walberg R Young R
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