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Floor vote

House vote #590

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes

Failed Congress 112 · Session 2 Sep 20, 2012 · 5:03 PM EDT  H.R. 6429

H.R. 6429: STEM Jobs Act of 2012

On September 20, 2012 the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass H.R. 6429 (STEM Jobs Act of 2012) failed in the House, 257 to 158; more than a simple majority was needed.

FAILED
257–158
+99, not enough
Democrats
30 153
Republicans
227 5
Simple majority YES 257 158 NO
415 members voted · 14 Not Voting Failed, 257 to 158: more than a simple majority was needed
Crossed the aisle 7

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

Democratic Voted NAY (53 against, 6 for), but 6 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
Republican Voted YEA (47 for, 1 against), but 1 member below broke ranks and voted NAY.
 Voted yes 257
Adams Aderholt R Alexander Altmire Amash Amodei R Austria Bachmann BACHUS Barber Barletta Barrow BARTLETT BARTON C. BASS Benishek Berg BERMAN BIGGERT BILBRAY Bilirakis R R. Bishop Black Blackburn R Bonner BONO MACK Boren BOSWELL Boustany K. BRADY Brooks Broun Buchanan R Bucshon Buerkle Burgess BURTON Calvert R CAMP Campbell Canseco CANTOR Capito R Carney Carter R Cassidy R CHABOT Chaffetz Chandler COBLE Coffman Cohen D Cole R Conaway COOPER Cravaack Crawford R CRENSHAW Cuellar D CULBERSON DEFAZIO Dent DesJarlais R Diaz-Balart R Donnelly DREIER Duffy Jeff Duncan JOHN DUNCAN Ellmers EMERSON Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick FLAKE Fleischmann R Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx R Franks FRELINGHUYSEN Garamendi D Gardner Garrett Gerlach Gibbs Gibson Gingrey Gohmert GOODLATTE Gosar R Gowdy S. Graves R T. Graves Griffin Griffith R Grimm Guinta Guthrie R HALL Hanna Harper Harris R Hartzler Hayworth Heck Hensarling HERGER Herrera Beutler Himes D Hochul Huelskamp Huizenga R Hunter Hurt Issa R B. Johnson T. JOHNSON S. JOHNSON Jordan R Kelly R KIND S. King P. KING KINGSTON Kinzinger Kissell Kline Labrador Lamborn Lance Landry Lankford R LATHAM LATOURETTE Latta R JERRY LEWIS Lipinski LOBIONDO Long Lucas R Luetkemeyer Lummis R LUNGREN Mack MANZULLO Marchant Marino MATHESON K. McCarthy McCaul R McClintock R McHenry MCINTYRE MCKEON McKinley McNerney Meehan MICA Michaud C. Miller J. Miller GARY MILLER MORAN Mulvaney T. Murphy C. Murphy D MYRICK Neugebauer Noem Nugent Nunes Nunnelee Olson Palazzo PAUL Paulsen Pearce PENCE PETERSON PETRI PITTS PLATTS Poe Pompeo Posey T. Price Quayle RAHALL Reed REHBERG Reichert Renacci Ribble Rigell Rivera Roby Rodgers Roe Mike Rogers Mike Rogers R ROHRABACHER Rokita Rooney Roskam ROS-LEHTINEN D. Ross ROYCE Runyan Ruppersberger P. Ryan Scalise R Schilling Schmidt Schock Schweikert R A. Scott R T. Scott R SENSENBRENNER Sessions R SHIMKUS Shuler Adrian Smith R C. Smith R L. SMITH Southerland STEARNS Stivers Stutzman R Sullivan TERRY G. Thompson R THORNBERRY TIBERI Tipton Tonko D M. Turner R R. Turner UPTON Walberg R WALDEN Walsh Webster R West Westmoreland WHITFIELD J. Wilson R Wittman R WOLF Womack R Woodall Yoder T. Young R C. Young D. YOUNG
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