H.Res. 496 — 111th Congress

Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Originated in the House · Introduced Jun 2, 2009 · International Affairs

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Latest action

Jul 29, 2009

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

CRS summary

As of Jul 29, 2009

Passed House amended

Recognizes the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Celebrates 20 years of freedom from the bondage of communism with the people of the former communist countries.

Acknowledges the symbolic triumph of democracy over communism.

Congressional Research Service, via api.congress.gov (public domain)

Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jul 29, 2009 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (432–0)

162 of 433 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea — 432: 144 D · 126 R

Member	Party	State
DICKS, Norman DeValois	—	WA
CASTLE, Michael Newbold	—	DE
SHADEGG, John B.	—	AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner	—	MD
BOREN, Daniel David	—	OK
CHANDLER, A. B.	—	KY
CARDOZA, Dennis A.	—	CA
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby	—	WV
WATT, Melvin L.	—	NC
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy	—	CA
PUTNAM, Adam	—	FL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.	—	OH
SESTAK, Joe	—	PA
MARKEY, Betsy	—	CO
FALLIN, Mary	—	OK
BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr.	—	AL
ALEXANDER, Rodney	—	LA
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence	—	CA
EHLERS, Vernon James	—	MI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.	—	CA
AKIN, W. Todd	—	MO
GORDON, Barton Jennings	—	TN
LINDER, John Elmer	—	GA
KLEIN, Ron	—	FL
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.	—	IL
CAO, Anh	—	LA
MOORE, Dennis	—	KS
ROTHMAN, Steven	—	NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle	—	IN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks	—	MI
SHULER, Heath	—	NC
HARE, Phil	—	IL
WEXLER, Robert	—	FL
REYES, Silvestre	—	TX
BILBRAY, Brian P.	—	CA
RICHARDSON, Laura	—	CA
JOHNSON, Timothy V.	—	IL
FRANK, Barney	—	MA
BROWN-WAITE, Virginia	—	FL
OBEY, David Ross	—	WI
HALL, John	—	NY
WATSON, Diane Edith	—	CA
WILSON, Charlie	—	OH
KAGEN, Steven	—	WI
ELLSWORTH, Brad	—	IN
SOUDER, Mark Edward	—	IN
TANNER, John S.	—	TN
MANZULLO, Donald A.	—	IL
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.	—	SC
INGLIS, Robert Durden	—	SC
KUCINICH, Dennis	—	OH
BIGGERT, Judy Borg	—	IL
RADANOVICH, George P.	—	CA
DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A.	—	PA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus George	—	MI
PERRIELLO, Tom	—	VA
MILLER, Brad	—	NC
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene	—	MS
LEE, Christopher John	—	NY
SULLIVAN, John	—	OK
ORTIZ, Solomon P.	—	TX
KILROY, Mary Jo	—	OH
BOUCHER, Frederick C.	—	VA
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.	—	TX
OBERSTAR, James Louis	—	MN
DRIEHAUS, Steve	—	OH
BEAN, Melissa L.	—	IL
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.	—	FL
BOCCIERI, John A.	—	OH
CHILDERS, Travis W.	—	MS
TOWNS, Edolphus	—	NY
KOSMAS, Suzanne M.	—	FL
SALAZAR, John	—	CO
KISSELL, Larry	—	NC
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.	—	PA
SCHMIDT, Jean	—	OH
DELAHUNT, Bill	—	MA
McHUGH, John Michael	—	NY
DREIER, David Timothy	—	CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea	—	NY
BERKLEY, Shelley	—	NV
HARMAN, Jane L.	—	CA
NYE, Glenn C., III	—	VA
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.	—	CA
HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie	—	SD
MASSA, Eric J.J.	—	NY
MARSHALL, Jim	—	GA
YOUNG, Charles William	—	FL
DAVIS, Artur	—	AL
CANTOR, Eric	—	VA
REHBERG, Denny	—	MT
BARRETT, James Gresham	—	SC
PAUL, Ronald Ernest	—	TX
SPACE, Zack	—	OH
BACA, Joe	—	CA
MURPHY, Patrick	—	PA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.	—	IA
TEAGUE, Harry	—	NM
INSLEE, Jay Robert	—	WA
PLATTS, Todd	—	PA
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy	—	FL
SCHAUER, Mark H.	—	MI
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV	—	MO
WU, David	—	OR
ABERCROMBIE, Neil	—	HI
MACK, Connie, IV	—	FL
DAVIS, Lincoln	—	TN
McMAHON, Michael E.	—	NY
KILDEE, Dale Edward	—	MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis	—	IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard	—	NY
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.	—	SC
SUTTON, Betty	—	OH
MINNICK, Walt	—	ID
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy	—	PA
GRIFFITH, Parker	—	AL
ROSS, Michael Avery	—	AR
WAMP, Zachary Paul	—	TN
CARNAHAN, Russ	—	MO
MEEK, Kendrick B.	—	FL
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III	—	ND
ALTMIRE, Jason	—	PA
HOEKSTRA, Peter	—	MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.	—	NC
STUPAK, Bart T.	—	MI
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph	—	RI
EMERSON, Jo Ann	—	MO
KANJORSKI, Paul E.	—	PA
SNYDER, Victor F.	—	AR
MYRICK, Sue	—	NC
MURPHY, Scott	—	NY
ADLER, John H.	—	NJ
LUNGREN, Daniel Edward	—	CA
DEAL, John Nathan	—	GA
MITCHELL, Harry E.	—	AZ
BURTON, Danny Lee	—	IN
ARCURI, Michael	—	NY
WEINER, Anthony D.	—	NY
HODES, Paul	—	NH
FILNER, Bob	—	CA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester	—	TX
BERRY, Robert Marion	—	AR
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest	—	NJ
KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr.	—	MD
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln	—	FL
HALVORSON, Deborah L.	—	IL
GIFFORDS, Gabrielle	—	AZ
BONO, Mary	—	CA
DAVIS, Geoffrey C.	—	KY
HERGER, Walter William	—	CA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.	—	CA
MELANCON, Charles J.	—	LA
HILL, Baron P.	—	IN
PAYNE, Donald Milford	—	NJ
PENCE, Mike	—	IN
OLVER, John Walter	—	MA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.	—	TX
AUSTRIA, Steve	—	OH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins	—	AL
BAIRD, Brian	—	WA
TIAHRT, Todd	—	KS
CARNEY, Chris	—	PA
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democrat	AZ
Ed Pastor	Democrat	AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva	Democrat	AZ
Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	CA
Anna G. Eshoo	Democrat	CA
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA
Doris O. Matsui	Democrat	CA
George Miller	Democrat	CA
Grace F. Napolitano	Democrat	CA
Henry A. Waxman	Democrat	CA
Jackie Speier	Democrat	CA
Jerry McNerney	Democrat	CA
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA
Judy Chu	Democrat	CA
Linda T. Sánchez	Democrat	CA
Lois Capps	Democrat	CA
Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	CA
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA
Michael M. Honda	Democrat	CA
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA
Sam Farr	Democrat	CA
Susan A. Davis	Democrat	CA
Xavier Becerra	Democrat	CA
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO
Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	CO
Jared Polis	Democrat	CO
Christopher Murphy	Democrat	CT
James A. Himes	Democrat	CT
Joe Courtney	Democrat	CT
John B. Larson	Democrat	CT
Rosa L. DeLauro	Democrat	CT
Alan Grayson	Democrat	FL
Alcee L. Hastings	Democrat	FL
Corrine Brown	Democrat	FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL
Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL
David Scott	Democrat	GA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Democrat	GA
John Barrow	Democrat	GA
John Lewis	Democrat	GA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Democrat	GA
Mazie K. Hirono	Democrat	HI
Bruce L. Braley	Democrat	IA
David Loebsack	Democrat	IA
Bill Foster	Democrat	IL
Bobby L. Rush	Democrat	IL
Daniel Lipinski	Democrat	IL
Danny K. Davis	Democrat	IL
Janice D. Schakowsky	Democrat	IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez	Democrat	IL
Mike Quigley	Democrat	IL
André Carson	Democrat	IN
Joe Donnelly	Democrat	IN
Peter J. Visclosky	Democrat	IN
John A. Yarmuth	Democrat	KY
Edward J. Markey	Democrat	MA
James P. McGovern	Democrat	MA
John F. Tierney	Democrat	MA
Michael E. Capuano	Democrat	MA
Niki Tsongas	Democrat	MA
Richard E. Neal	Democrat	MA
Stephen F. Lynch	Democrat	MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD
Donna F. Edwards	Democrat	MD
Elijah E. Cummings	Democrat	MD
John P. Sarbanes	Democrat	MD
Steny H. Hoyer	Democrat	MD
Chellie Pingree	Democrat	ME
Michael H. Michaud	Democrat	ME
Gary C. Peters	Democrat	MI
John Conyers, Jr.	Democrat	MI
John D. Dingell	Democrat	MI
Sander M. Levin	Democrat	MI
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN
Collin C. Peterson	Democrat	MN
Keith Ellison	Democrat	MN
Timothy J. Walz	Democrat	MN
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO
Wm. Lacy Clay	Democrat	MO
Bennie G. Thompson	Democrat	MS
David E. Price	Democrat	NC
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC
Mike McIntyre	Democrat	NC
Carol Shea-Porter	Democrat	NH
Albio Sires	Democrat	NJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Rush Holt	Democrat	NJ
Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	NM
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM
Dina Titus	Democrat	NV
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat	NY
Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	NY
Daniel B. Maffei	Democrat	NY
Eliot L. Engel	Democrat	NY
Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	NY
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	NY
José E. Serrano	Democrat	NY
Joseph Crowley	Democrat	NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Democrat	NY
Nita M. Lowey	Democrat	NY
Nydia M. Velázquez	Democrat	NY
Paul Tonko	Democrat	NY
Steve Israel	Democrat	NY
Timothy H. Bishop	Democrat	NY
Yvette D. Clarke	Democrat	NY
Marcia L. Fudge	Democrat	OH
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH
Tim Ryan	Democrat	OH
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR
Kurt Schrader	Democrat	OR
Peter A. DeFazio	Democrat	OR
Allyson Y. Schwartz	Democrat	PA
Chaka Fattah	Democrat	PA
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	PA
Robert A. Brady	Democrat	PA
James R. Langevin	Democrat	RI
James E. Clyburn	Democrat	SC
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN
Steve Cohen	Democrat	TN
Al Green	Democrat	TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	TX
Gene Green	Democrat	TX
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	TX
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX
Jim Matheson	Democrat	UT
Gerald E. Connolly	Democrat	VA
James P. Moran	Democrat	VA
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Democrat	VA
Peter Welch	Democrat	VT
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA
Jim McDermott	Democrat	WA
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI
Nick J. Rahall II	Democrat	WV
Don Young	Republican	AK
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL
Robert B. Aderholt	Republican	AL
Spencer Bachus	Republican	AL
John Boozman	Republican	AR
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ
Trent Franks	Republican	AZ
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	CA
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA
Duncan Hunter	Republican	CA
Edward R. Royce	Republican	CA
Gary G. Miller	Republican	CA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Republican	CA
John Campbell	Republican	CA
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	CA
Tom McClintock	Republican	CA
Doug Lamborn	Republican	CO
Mike Coffman	Republican	CO
Ander Crenshaw	Republican	FL
Bill Posey	Republican	FL
Gus M. Bilirakis	Republican	FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	FL
Jeff Miller	Republican	FL
John L. Mica	Republican	FL
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL
Thomas J. Rooney	Republican	FL
Vern Buchanan	Republican	FL
Jack Kingston	Republican	GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland	Republican	GA
Paul C. Broun	Republican	GA
Phil Gingrey	Republican	GA
Tom Price	Republican	GA
Steve King	Republican	IA
Tom Latham	Republican	IA
Michael K. Simpson	Republican	ID
Aaron Schock	Republican	IL
John Shimkus	Republican	IL
Mark Kirk	Republican	IL
Peter J. Roskam	Republican	IL
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	KS
Brett Guthrie	Republican	KY
Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY
Harold Rogers	Republican	KY
Bill Cassidy	Republican	LA
Charles W. Boustany Jr.	Republican	LA
John Fleming	Republican	LA
Steve Scalise	Republican	LA
Candice S. Miller	Republican	MI
Dave Camp	Republican	MI
Fred Upton	Republican	MI
Mike Rogers	Republican	MI
Erik Paulsen	Republican	MN
John Kline	Republican	MN
Michele Bachmann	Republican	MN
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	MO
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO
Sam Graves	Republican	MO
Gregg Harper	Republican	MS
Howard Coble	Republican	NC
Patrick T. McHenry	Republican	NC
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC
Walter B. Jones	Republican	NC
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	NE
Lee Terry	Republican	NE
Christopher H. Smith	Republican	NJ
Frank A. LoBiondo	Republican	NJ
Leonard Lance	Republican	NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Republican	NJ
Scott Garrett	Republican	NJ
Dean Heller	Republican	NV
Peter T. King	Republican	NY
Jim Jordan	Republican	OH
John A. Boehner	Republican	OH
Michael R. Turner	Republican	OH
Patrick J. Tiberi	Republican	OH
Robert E. Latta	Republican	OH
Frank D. Lucas	Republican	OK
Tom Cole	Republican	OK
Greg Walden	Republican	OR
Bill Shuster	Republican	PA
Charles W. Dent	Republican	PA
Glenn Thompson	Republican	PA
Jim Gerlach	Republican	PA
Joseph R. Pitts	Republican	PA
Tim Murphy	Republican	PA
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC
David P. Roe	Republican	TN
John J. Duncan, Jr.	Republican	TN
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN
Jeb Hensarling	Republican	TX
Joe Barton	Republican	TX
John Abney Culberson	Republican	TX
John R. Carter	Republican	TX
K. Michael Conaway	Republican	TX
Kay Granger	Republican	TX
Kenny Marchant	Republican	TX
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX
Lamar Smith	Republican	TX
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX
Mac Thornberry	Republican	TX
Michael C. Burgess	Republican	TX
Michael T. McCaul	Republican	TX
Pete Olson	Republican	TX
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX
Ralph M. Hall	Republican	TX
Randy Neugebauer	Republican	TX
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX
Ted Poe	Republican	TX
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	UT
Rob Bishop	Republican	UT
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA
Frank R. Wolf	Republican	VA
J. Randy Forbes	Republican	VA
Robert J. Wittman	Republican	VA
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA
David G. Reichert	Republican	WA
Doc Hastings	Republican	WA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Republican	WI
Paul D. Ryan	Republican	WI
Thomas E. Petri	Republican	WI
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	WV
Cynthia M. Lummis	Republican	WY

Not Voting — 1: 1 D

Member	Party	State
Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	NY

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