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Floor vote

House vote #591

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District

Passed Congress 109 · Session 1 Nov 16, 2005 · 8:38 PM  HRES 547
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PASSED
320–91
+229 margin
Democrats
94 91
Republicans
225
Independents
1
Majority threshold YES 320 91 NO
411 members voted · 22 present/absent Passed by 229 votes
Crossed the aisle 13

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

Democratic Voted NAY (23 against, 13 for) — but 13 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
 Voted yes 36
AderholtR BaldwinD BishopD BlackburnR BoozmanR CalvertR CapitoR CarterR ClyburnD ColeR CostaD CuellarD DeLauroD Diaz-BalartR FoxxR GravesR IssaR KapturD LarsonD LucasR LynchD McCaulR MoranR NealD RogersR RogersR SandersI SchiffD SessionsR SimpsonR SmithR SmithD ThompsonD TurnerR WickerR WilsonR
 Voted no 23
CaseD CleaverD DavisD DeGetteD DoggettD HoyerD LarsenD MarkeyD MatsuiD McGovernD MeeksD MooreD NadlerD PalloneD SánchezD SchakowskyD ScottD ShermanD ThompsonD Van HollenD VelázquezD Wasserman SchultzD WatersD
Present or didn't vote
GreenD LofgrenD McCollumD PelosiD