House · 114th Congress · Roll 259

On Passage

May 20, 2015 · Passed · 274⁠–⁠145

American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015

How members voted

432 recorded

3 vacant seats. The House normally has 435 voting members.

Yea: 274 (236 R · 36 D · 1 I · 1 L)

Member	Party	State
Julia Brownley	Democrat	CA
Pete Aguilar	Democrat	CA
Raul Ruiz	Democrat	CA
Scott H. Peters	Democrat	CA
Elizabeth H. Esty	Democrat	CT
Joe Courtney	Democrat	CT
John B. Larson	Democrat	CT
Gwen Graham	Democrat	FL
Patrick Murphy	Democrat	FL
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Democrat	GA
David Loebsack	Democrat	IA
Cheri Bustos	Democrat	IL
André Carson	Democrat	IN
Joseph P. Kennedy III	Democrat	MA
Katherine M. Clark	Democrat	MA
Michael E. Capuano	Democrat	MA
Richard E. Neal	Democrat	MA
Stephen F. Lynch	Democrat	MA
William R. Keating	Democrat	MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD
John K. Delaney	Democrat	MD
Collin C. Peterson	Democrat	MN
Richard M. Nolan	Democrat	MN
Timothy J. Walz	Democrat	MN
Brad Ashford	Democrat	NE
Ann M. Kuster	Democrat	NH
Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democrat	NM
Dina Titus	Democrat	NV
Paul Tonko	Democrat	NY
Sean Patrick Maloney	Democrat	NY
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX
Gerald E. Connolly	Democrat	VA
Denny Heck	Democrat	WA
Derek Kilmer	Democrat	WA
Jim McDermott	Democrat	WA
Suzan K. DelBene	Democrat	WA
Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	AZ
Justin Amash	Libertarian	MI
Don Young	Republican	AK
Bradley Byrne	Republican	AL
Gary J. Palmer	Republican	AL
Martha Roby	Republican	AL
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL
Mo Brooks	Republican	AL
Robert B. Aderholt	Republican	AL
Bruce Westerman	Republican	AR
J. French Hill	Republican	AR
Steve Womack	Republican	AR
David Schweikert	Republican	AZ
Martha McSally	Republican	AZ
Matt Salmon	Republican	AZ
Paul A. Gosar	Republican	AZ
Trent Franks	Republican	AZ
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	CA
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA
David G. Valadao	Republican	CA
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	CA
Duncan Hunter	Republican	CA
Edward R. Royce	Republican	CA
Jeff Denham	Republican	CA
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	CA
Mimi Walters	Republican	CA
Paul Cook	Republican	CA
Stephen Knight	Republican	CA
Tom McClintock	Republican	CA
Doug Lamborn	Republican	CO
Ken Buck	Republican	CO
Mike Coffman	Republican	CO
Ander Crenshaw	Republican	FL
Bill Posey	Republican	FL
Carlos Curbelo	Republican	FL
Curt Clawson	Republican	FL
Daniel Webster	Republican	FL
David W. Jolly	Republican	FL
Dennis A. Ross	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
Richard B. Nugent	Republican	FL
Ron DeSantis	Republican	FL
Ted S. Yoho	Republican	FL
Thomas J. Rooney	Republican	FL
Vern Buchanan	Republican	FL
Austin Scott	Republican	GA
Barry Loudermilk	Republican	GA
Doug Collins	Republican	GA
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Republican	GA
Jody B. Hice	Republican	GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland	Republican	GA
Rick W. Allen	Republican	GA
Rob Woodall	Republican	GA
Tom Graves	Republican	GA
Tom Price	Republican	GA
David Young	Republican	IA
Rod Blum	Republican	IA
Steve King	Republican	IA
Michael K. Simpson	Republican	ID
Raúl R. Labrador	Republican	ID
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	IL
John Shimkus	Republican	IL
Mike Bost	Republican	IL
Peter J. Roskam	Republican	IL
Randy Hultgren	Republican	IL
Robert J. Dold	Republican	IL
Rodney Davis	Republican	IL
Jackie Walorski	Republican	IN
Larry Bucshon	Republican	IN
Luke Messer	Republican	IN
Marlin A. Stutzman	Republican	IN
Susan W. Brooks	Republican	IN
Todd Rokita	Republican	IN
Todd Young	Republican	IN
Kevin Yoder	Republican	KS
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	KS
Mike Pompeo	Republican	KS
Tim Huelskamp	Republican	KS
Andy Barr	Republican	KY
Brett Guthrie	Republican	KY
Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY
Harold Rogers	Republican	KY
Thomas Massie	Republican	KY
Charles W. Boustany Jr.	Republican	LA
Garret Graves	Republican	LA
John Fleming	Republican	LA
Ralph Lee Abraham	Republican	LA
Steve Scalise	Republican	LA
Andy Harris	Republican	MD
Bruce Poliquin	Republican	ME
Bill Huizenga	Republican	MI
Candice S. Miller	Republican	MI
Dan Benishek	Republican	MI
David A. Trott	Republican	MI
Fred Upton	Republican	MI
John R. Moolenaar	Republican	MI
Mike Bishop	Republican	MI
Tim Walberg	Republican	MI
Erik Paulsen	Republican	MN
John Kline	Republican	MN
Tom Emmer	Republican	MN
Ann Wagner	Republican	MO
Billy Long	Republican	MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	MO
Jason Smith	Republican	MO
Sam Graves	Republican	MO
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	MO
Gregg Harper	Republican	MS
Steven M. Palazzo	Republican	MS
Ryan K. Zinke	Republican	MT
David Rouzer	Republican	NC
George Holding	Republican	NC
Mark Meadows	Republican	NC
Mark Walker	Republican	NC
Patrick T. McHenry	Republican	NC
Renee L. Ellmers	Republican	NC
Richard Hudson	Republican	NC
Robert Pittenger	Republican	NC
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC
Kevin Cramer	Republican	ND
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	NE
Frank C. Guinta	Republican	NH
Christopher H. Smith	Republican	NJ
Frank A. LoBiondo	Republican	NJ
Leonard Lance	Republican	NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Republican	NJ
Scott Garrett	Republican	NJ
Thomas MacArthur	Republican	NJ
Stevan Pearce	Republican	NM
Cresent Hardy	Republican	NV
Joseph J. Heck	Republican	NV
Mark E. Amodei	Republican	NV
Chris Collins	Republican	NY
Christopher P. Gibson	Republican	NY
Elise M. Stefanik	Republican	NY
John Katko	Republican	NY
Lee M. Zeldin	Republican	NY
Peter T. King	Republican	NY
Richard L. Hanna	Republican	NY
Tom Reed	Republican	NY
Bill Johnson	Republican	OH
Bob Gibbs	Republican	OH
Brad R. Wenstrup	Republican	OH
David P. Joyce	Republican	OH
James B. Renacci	Republican	OH
Jim Jordan	Republican	OH
Michael R. Turner	Republican	OH
Patrick J. Tiberi	Republican	OH
Robert E. Latta	Republican	OH
Steve Chabot	Republican	OH
Steve Stivers	Republican	OH
Frank D. Lucas	Republican	OK
Jim Bridenstine	Republican	OK
Markwayne Mullin	Republican	OK
Steve Russell	Republican	OK
Tom Cole	Republican	OK
Greg Walden	Republican	OR
Bill Shuster	Republican	PA
Charles W. Dent	Republican	PA
Glenn Thompson	Republican	PA
Joseph R. Pitts	Republican	PA
Keith J. Rothfus	Republican	PA
Lou Barletta	Republican	PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Republican	PA
Mike Kelly	Republican	PA
Patrick Meehan	Republican	PA
Ryan A. Costello	Republican	PA
Scott Perry	Republican	PA
Tom Marino	Republican	PA
Jeff Duncan	Republican	SC
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC
Mark Sanford	Republican	SC
Mick Mulvaney	Republican	SC
Tom Rice	Republican	SC
Trey Gowdy	Republican	SC
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Republican	TN
David P. Roe	Republican	TN
Diane Black	Republican	TN
John J. Duncan, Jr.	Republican	TN
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN
Scott DesJarlais	Republican	TN
Stephen Lee Fincher	Republican	TN
Bill Flores	Republican	TX
Blake Farenthold	Republican	TX
Brian Babin	Republican	TX
Jeb Hensarling	Republican	TX
Joe Barton	Republican	TX
John Abney Culberson	Republican	TX
John R. Carter	Republican	TX
John Ratcliffe	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
Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Republican	TX
Randy Neugebauer	Republican	TX
Roger Williams	Republican	TX
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX
Ted Poe	Republican	TX
Will Hurd	Republican	TX
Chris Stewart	Republican	UT
Mia B. Love	Republican	UT
Rob Bishop	Republican	UT
Barbara Comstock	Republican	VA
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA
Dave Brat	Republican	VA
E. Scott Rigell	Republican	VA
H. Morgan Griffith	Republican	VA
J. Randy Forbes	Republican	VA
Robert Hurt	Republican	VA
Robert J. Wittman	Republican	VA
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA
Dan Newhouse	Republican	WA
David G. Reichert	Republican	WA
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	WA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Republican	WI
Glenn Grothman	Republican	WI
Paul D. Ryan	Republican	WI
Reid J. Ribble	Republican	WI
Sean P. Duffy	Republican	WI
Alexander X. Mooney	Republican	WV
David B. McKinley	Republican	WV
Evan H. Jenkins	Republican	WV
Cynthia M. Lummis	Republican	WY

Nay: 145 (144 D · 1 R)

Member	Party	State
Terri A. Sewell	Democrat	AL
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democrat	AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva	Democrat	AZ
Ruben Gallego	Democrat	AZ
Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	CA
Alan S. Lowenthal	Democrat	CA
Anna G. Eshoo	Democrat	CA
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA
Doris O. Matsui	Democrat	CA
Eric Swalwell	Democrat	CA
Grace F. Napolitano	Democrat	CA
Jackie Speier	Democrat	CA
Janice Hahn	Democrat	CA
Jared Huffman	Democrat	CA
Jerry McNerney	Democrat	CA
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA
John Garamendi	Democrat	CA
Juan Vargas	Democrat	CA
Judy Chu	Democrat	CA
Karen Bass	Democrat	CA
Linda T. Sánchez	Democrat	CA
Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	CA
Mark DeSaulnier	Democrat	CA
Mark Takano	Democrat	CA
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA
Michael M. Honda	Democrat	CA
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA
Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	CA
Norma J. Torres	Democrat	CA
Sam Farr	Democrat	CA
Susan A. Davis	Democrat	CA
Ted Lieu	Democrat	CA
Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	CA
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO
Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	CO
Jared Polis	Democrat	CO
James A. Himes	Democrat	CT
Rosa L. DeLauro	Democrat	CT
John C. Carney Jr.	Democrat	DE
Alan Grayson	Democrat	FL
Alcee L. Hastings	Democrat	FL
Corrine Brown	Democrat	FL
Frederica S. Wilson	Democrat	FL
Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL
Lois Frankel	Democrat	FL
Theodore E. Deutch	Democrat	FL
David Scott	Democrat	GA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Democrat	GA
John Lewis	Democrat	GA
Mark Takai	Democrat	HI
Tulsi Gabbard	Democrat	HI
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
Robin L. Kelly	Democrat	IL
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	IL
Peter J. Visclosky	Democrat	IN
John A. Yarmuth	Democrat	KY
Cedric L. Richmond	Democrat	LA
James P. McGovern	Democrat	MA
Seth Moulton	Democrat	MA
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
Brenda L. Lawrence	Democrat	MI
Daniel T. Kildee	Democrat	MI
Debbie Dingell	Democrat	MI
John Conyers, Jr.	Democrat	MI
Sander M. Levin	Democrat	MI
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN
Keith Ellison	Democrat	MN
Wm. Lacy Clay	Democrat	MO
Bennie G. Thompson	Democrat	MS
David E. Price	Democrat	NC
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC
Albio Sires	Democrat	NJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman	Democrat	NJ
Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Donald Norcross	Democrat	NJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	NM
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat	NY
Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	NY
Eliot L. Engel	Democrat	NY
Grace Meng	Democrat	NY
Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	NY
Hakeem S. Jeffries	Democrat	NY
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	NY
José E. Serrano	Democrat	NY
Joseph Crowley	Democrat	NY
Kathleen M. Rice	Democrat	NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Democrat	NY
Nita M. Lowey	Democrat	NY
Nydia M. Velázquez	Democrat	NY
Steve Israel	Democrat	NY
Yvette D. Clarke	Democrat	NY
Joyce Beatty	Democrat	OH
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
Suzanne Bonamici	Democrat	OR
Brendan F. Boyle	Democrat	PA
Chaka Fattah	Democrat	PA
Matt Cartwright	Democrat	PA
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	PA
Robert A. Brady	Democrat	PA
David N. Cicilline	Democrat	RI
James R. Langevin	Democrat	RI
James E. Clyburn	Democrat	SC
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN
Steve Cohen	Democrat	TN
Al Green	Democrat	TX
Beto O’Rourke	Democrat	TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	TX
Filemon Vela	Democrat	TX
Gene Green	Democrat	TX
Joaquin Castro	Democrat	TX
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX
Marc A. Veasey	Democrat	TX
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	TX
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Democrat	VA
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Democrat	VA
Peter Welch	Democrat	VT
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI
Mark Pocan	Democrat	WI
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI
Walter B. Jones	Republican	NC

Not Voting: 13 (7 D · 6 R)

Member	Party	State
Ami Bera	Democrat	CA
Lois Capps	Democrat	CA
Xavier Becerra	Democrat	CA
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL
Niki Tsongas	Democrat	MA
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO
Alma S. Adams	Democrat	NC
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Republican	AR
Scott R. Tipton	Republican	CO
Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.	Republican	NY
Tim Murphy	Republican	PA
Kristi L. Noem	Republican	SD
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	UT