House · Roll call 18 · 117th Congress, session 1

To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.

On Passage: Passed 326–78 on Jan 21, 2021. 78 members voted against the majority of their party.

Result
Agreed to
Vote type: YEA-AND-NAY
Yea
326
Nay
78
Present
0
Not voting: 27

Jan 21, 2021 at 16:07 · Passage

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The measure

The bill or resolution this roll call was on.

  1. H.R. 335 To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
    Became law· Adam Smith (D-WA-9)· Armed Forces and National Security· Jan 22, 2021

To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces

Split by party

Yea on the left, nay on the right, scaled to each party's members.

PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democrats2051500
Republicans12163027
Total32678027

Seat chart

One seat per member, colored by their recorded position; outlined seats voted against their party's majority. Seats are grouped by party and ordered by DW-NOMINATE (Analisa's layout: House members have no assigned seats).

Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) · YeaBarbara Lee (D-CA-13) · YeaMaxine Waters (D-CA-43) · YeaSean Casten (D-IL-6) · NayYvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9) · YeaPramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) · NayJanice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9) · YeaRaúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3) · YeaLauren Underwood (D-IL-14) · YeaBonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) · YeaMarie Newman (D-IL-3) · YeaKaren Bass (D-CA-37) · YeaMarcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11) · YeaAlcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20) · YeaNydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7) · YeaLizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7) · YeaJames P. McGovern (D-MA-2) · YeaJimmy Gomez (D-CA-34) · YeaAdriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) · YeaMark Pocan (D-WI-2) · YeaBennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2) · YeaDonald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10) · YeaGwen Moore (D-WI-4) · NayMark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) · YeaLinda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38) · YeaJerrold Nadler (D-NY-10) · YeaNanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44) · YeaJamie Raskin (D-MD-8) · YeaDanny K. Davis (D-IL-7) · YeaEddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) · YeaHakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8) · YeaJudy Chu (D-CA-27) · YeaHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4) · YeaBobby L. Rush (D-IL-1) · YeaKatherine M. Clark (D-MA-5) · YeaFrederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24) · YeaRobin L. Kelly (D-IL-2) · YeaAndy Levin (D-MI-9) · YeaDwight Evans (D-PA-3) · YeaLucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) · YeaJohn P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3) · YeaJames E. Clyburn (D-SC-6) · YeaVeronica Escobar (D-TX-16) · YeaAlma S. Adams (D-NC-12) · YeaMary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) · YeaSheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) · YeaRo Khanna (D-CA-17) · YeaMark Takano (D-CA-41) · YeaEmanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5) · YeaRobert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3) · YeaAlan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47) · YeaGrace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32) · YeaBrenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14) · YeaAl Green (D-TX-9) · YeaMarilyn Strickland (D-WA-10) · YeaNikema Williams (D-GA-5) · YeaKweisi Mfume (D-MD-7) · YeaJoyce Beatty (D-OH-3) · YeaJesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4) · YeaMadeleine Dean (D-PA-4) · YeaKathy Castor (D-FL-14) · YeaAndré Carson (D-IN-7) · YeaDoris O. Matsui (D-CA-6) · YeaJared Huffman (D-CA-2) · YeaDiana DeGette (D-CO-1) · YeaJoe Neguse (D-CO-2) · YeaAndy Kim (D-NJ-3) · YeaPeter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4) · YeaEarl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) · YeaColin Z. Allred (D-TX-32) · YeaChellie Pingree (D-ME-1) · YeaDonald Norcross (D-NJ-1) · YeaSara Jacobs (D-CA-53) · YeaBetty McCollum (D-MN-4) · YeaRichard E. Neal (D-MA-1) · YeaLori Trahan (D-MA-3) · YeaPaul Tonko (D-NY-20) · YeaGregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5) · YeaRosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3) · YeaMondaire Jones (D-NY-17) · YeaDebbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23) · YeaMarc A. Veasey (D-TX-33) · YeaG. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1) · YeaAlbio Sires (D-NJ-8) · YeaFrank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) · YeaJoaquin Castro (D-TX-20) · YeaLloyd Doggett (D-TX-35) · YeaTerri A. Sewell (D-AL-7) · YeaTim Ryan (D-OH-13) · YeaTheodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22) · YeaSuzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) · YeaPeter Welch (D-VT) · YeaLisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · YeaDebbie Dingell (D-MI-12) · YeaZoe Lofgren (D-CA-19) · YeaJuan Vargas (D-CA-51) · YeaJohn B. Larson (D-CT-1) · YeaLois Frankel (D-FL-21) · YeaMike Thompson (D-CA-5) · YeaDonald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8) · YeaTony Cárdenas (D-CA-29) · YeaDeborah K. Ross (D-NC-2) · YeaDavid N. Cicilline (D-RI-1) · YeaSteve Cohen (D-TN-9) · YeaCarolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) · YeaVicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15) · YeaJennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) · YeaJackie Speier (D-CA-14) · YeaSteny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5) · YeaA. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4) · YeaAnna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18) · YeaBrendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2) · YeaJohn A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3) · YeaAyanna Pressley (D-MA-7) · NayJames R. Langevin (D-RI-2) · YeaLucy McBath (D-GA-6) · YeaGrace Meng (D-NY-6) · YeaTed Lieu (D-CA-33) · YeaBill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9) · YeaElissa Slotkin (D-MI-8) · YeaNorma J. Torres (D-CA-35) · YeaTeresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3) · YeaRick Larsen (D-WA-2) · YeaJason Crow (D-CO-6) · YeaHaley M. Stevens (D-MI-11) · YeaDaniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5) · YeaJamaal Bowman (D-NY-16) · NayRuben Gallego (D-AZ-7) · YeaEric Swalwell (D-CA-15) · YeaAdam B. Schiff (D-CA-28) · YeaKaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2) · YeaRaja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) · YeaDavid J. Trone (D-MD-6) · YeaBrian Higgins (D-NY-26) · YeaBrad Sherman (D-CA-30) · YeaAnthony G. Brown (D-MD-4) · YeaMatt Cartwright (D-PA-8) · YeaDavid E. Price (D-NC-4) · YeaStephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8) · YeaJahana Hayes (D-CT-5) · NayMarcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) · YeaDarren Soto (D-FL-9) · YeaJoe Courtney (D-CT-2) · YeaAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) · NayDebra A. Haaland (D-NM-1) · YeaJoseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25) · YeaMichael F. Doyle (D-PA-18) · YeaWilliam R. Keating (D-MA-9) · YeaPete Aguilar (D-CA-31) · YeaMike Quigley (D-IL-5) · YeaSalud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24) · YeaMike Levin (D-CA-49) · YeaVal Butler Demings (D-FL-10) · YeaDerek Kilmer (D-WA-6) · YeaJohn Garamendi (D-CA-3) · YeaSteven Horsford (D-NV-4) · YeaRitchie Torres (D-NY-15) · YeaFilemon Vela (D-TX-34) · YeaGerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11) · YeaJulia Brownley (D-CA-26) · YeaDavid Scott (D-GA-13) · YeaCarolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7) · YeaFrank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1) · YeaC. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2) · YeaIlhan Omar (D-MN-5) · NayDina Titus (D-NV-1) · YeaSuzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1) · YeaJosh Harder (D-CA-10) · YeaAdam Smith (D-WA-9) · YeaRashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) · NaySanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2) · YeaSeth Moulton (D-MA-6) · NayJ. Luis Correa (D-CA-46) · YeaEd Perlmutter (D-CO-7) · YeaGreg Stanton (D-AZ-9) · YeaKathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4) · YeaJimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) · YeaDean Phillips (D-MN-3) · YeaKathy E. Manning (D-NC-6) · YeaKim Schrier (D-WA-8) · YeaAngie Craig (D-MN-2) · YeaJake Auchincloss (D-MA-4) · YeaTom Malinowski (D-NJ-7) · NaySharice Davids (D-KS-3) · YeaAnn M. Kuster (D-NH-2) · YeaJerry McNerney (D-CA-9) · YeaRaul Ruiz (D-CA-36) · YeaSusan Wild (D-PA-7) · YeaAl Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5) · YeaRon Kind (D-WI-3) · NayChrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6) · YeaCynthia Axne (D-IA-3) · YeaAmi Bera (D-CA-7) · YeaCori Bush (D-MO-1) · NayJames A. Himes (D-CT-4) · YeaCheri Bustos (D-IL-17) · YeaSean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18) · YeaBill Foster (D-IL-11) · YeaKatie Porter (D-CA-45) · NayMikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) · YeaChris Pappas (D-NH-1) · YeaAntonio Delgado (D-NY-19) · YeaCharlie Crist (D-FL-13) · YeaSusie Lee (D-NV-3) · YeaHenry Cuellar (D-TX-28) · YeaThomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3) · YeaEd Case (D-HI-1) · YeaElaine G. Luria (D-VA-2) · YeaJim Costa (D-CA-16) · YeaBradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10) · YeaTom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1) · YeaAbigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7) · YeaScott H. Peters (D-CA-52) · YeaKurt Schrader (D-OR-5) · YeaAnn Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2) · YeaJosh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) · YeaJim Cooper (D-TN-5) · YeaStephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7) · YeaConor Lamb (D-PA-17) · YeaJared F. Golden (D-ME-2) · NayBrian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) · YeaChristopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4) · YeaJohn Katko (R-NY-24) · YeaAdam Kinzinger (R-IL-16) · YeaAnthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) · NayAndrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2) · YeaPeter Meijer (R-MI-3) · NayDavid P. Joyce (R-OH-14) · YeaDavid G. Valadao (R-CA-21) · YeaYoung Kim (R-CA-39) · YeaMichael R. Turner (R-OH-10) · YeaTom Reed (R-NY-23) · YeaMaria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) · YeaDon Bacon (R-NE-2) · YeaRodney Davis (R-IL-13) · Not votingMario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) · YeaDon Young (R-AK) · YeaMichael K. Simpson (R-ID-2) · Not votingSteve Stivers (R-OH-15) · YeaDavid B. McKinley (R-WV-1) · YeaJeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1) · YeaChris Jacobs (R-NY-27) · YeaElise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) · YeaDan Newhouse (R-WA-4) · NayJay Obernolte (R-CA-8) · YeaFred Upton (R-MI-6) · YeaTom Cole (R-OK-4) · YeaCarlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26) · YeaHarold Rogers (R-KY-5) · YeaNicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) · YeaGlenn Thompson (R-PA-15) · YeaJaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3) · YeaMariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2) · YeaKen Calvert (R-CA-42) · Not votingSteve Womack (R-AR-3) · YeaTony Gonzales (R-TX-23) · YeaNancy Mace (R-SC-1) · YeaMike Garcia (R-CA-25) · YeaAshley Hinson (R-IA-1) · YeaVern Buchanan (R-FL-16) · YeaFrank D. Lucas (R-OK-3) · YeaMichelle Steel (R-CA-48) · YeaBlake D. Moore (R-UT-1) · YeaMike Rogers (R-AL-3) · YeaMike Kelly (R-PA-16) · YeaLarry Bucshon (R-IN-8) · YeaJefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2) · YeaMark E. Amodei (R-NV-2) · YeaPete Stauber (R-MN-8) · NayAnn Wagner (R-MO-2) · YeaLee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1) · YeaMike Bost (R-IL-12) · YeaKay Granger (R-TX-12) · Not votingRobert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4) · YeaLiz Cheney (R-WY) · NayMichael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) · YeaStephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5) · YeaTrey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9) · NayBryan Steil (R-WI-1) · NayGus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12) · YeaGarret Graves (R-LA-6) · Not votingBrett Guthrie (R-KY-2) · YeaCharles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3) · YeaJohn H. Rutherford (R-FL-4) · Not votingJack Bergman (R-MI-1) · NayJ. French Hill (R-AR-2) · NayJackie Walorski (R-IN-2) · NayBill Johnson (R-OH-6) · YeaDan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) · YeaCathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5) · YeaMike Gallagher (R-WI-8) · NayJames R. Baird (R-IN-4) · NayRobert J. Wittman (R-VA-1) · YeaGuy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) · NayJohn R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4) · YeaSam Graves (R-MO-6) · Not votingKelly Armstrong (R-ND) · Not votingDevin Nunes (R-CA-22) · Not votingBlaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) · YeaMichael Waltz (R-FL-6) · NayBurgess Owens (R-UT-4) · YeaKevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) · YeaJohn R. Curtis (R-UT-3) · YeaLloyd Smucker (R-PA-11) · YeaDarin LaHood (R-IL-18) · YeaBrian J. Mast (R-FL-18) · YeaEric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1) · NayTroy Balderson (R-OH-12) · NayRandy Feenstra (R-IA-4) · YeaJake LaTurner (R-KS-2) · NayTom Emmer (R-MN-6) · NayDusty Johnson (R-SD) · NayDarrell Issa (R-CA-50) · YeaCliff Bentz (R-OR-2) · YeaJim Hagedorn (R-MN-1) · Not votingVicky Hartzler (R-MO-4) · Not votingGregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3) · NayBob Gibbs (R-OH-7) · Not votingJohn R. Carter (R-TX-31) · YeaAndy Barr (R-KY-6) · Not votingDaniel Meuser (R-PA-9) · YeaVictoria Spartz (R-IN-5) · NayTim Walberg (R-MI-7) · YeaFred Keller (R-PA-12) · NayChris Stewart (R-UT-2) · NayGreg Pence (R-IN-6) · Not votingNeal P. Dunn (R-FL-2) · YeaRobert E. Latta (R-OH-5) · YeaAdrian Smith (R-NE-3) · YeaH. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9) · YeaKevin Brady (R-TX-8) · Not votingRichard Hudson (R-NC-8) · YeaPatrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10) · YeaDaniel Webster (R-FL-11) · Not votingBrad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2) · NayJoe Wilson (R-SC-2) · YeaBill Huizenga (R-MI-2) · YeaMichael Guest (R-MS-3) · YeaCarol D. Miller (R-WV-3) · YeaMarkwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) · NayBill Posey (R-FL-8) · Not votingSteven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4) · YeaAustin Scott (R-GA-8) · YeaMichelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) · NayDavid Kustoff (R-TN-8) · YeaDoug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) · Not votingSteve Chabot (R-OH-1) · YeaBruce Westerman (R-AR-4) · YeaBilly Long (R-MO-7) · YeaLisa C. McClain (R-MI-10) · YeaJerry L. Carl (R-AL-1) · YeaDavid Schweikert (R-AZ-6) · YeaEarl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1) · YeaMadison Cawthorn (R-NC-11) · NaySteve Scalise (R-LA-1) · YeaTom Rice (R-SC-7) · YeaMichael C. Burgess (R-TX-26) · YeaMike Johnson (R-LA-4) · NayDavid Rouzer (R-NC-7) · NayAlexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2) · YeaJason Smith (R-MO-8) · NayScott DesJarlais (R-TN-4) · YeaVan Taylor (R-TX-3) · YeaJohn Joyce (R-PA-13) · NayPete Sessions (R-TX-17) · YeaA. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3) · YeaKat Cammack (R-FL-3) · NayRoger Williams (R-TX-25) · YeaMatt Gaetz (R-FL-1) · YeaJames Comer (R-KY-1) · YeaScott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5) · YeaWilliam R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4) · YeaGlenn Grothman (R-WI-6) · YeaBeth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) · YeaTracey Mann (R-KS-1) · NayTroy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) · YeaDebbie Lesko (R-AZ-8) · Not votingVirginia Foxx (R-NC-5) · YeaScott Franklin (R-FL-15) · NayClay Higgins (R-LA-3) · Not votingAugust Pfluger (R-TX-11) · YeaTed Budd (R-NC-13) · NayByron Donalds (R-FL-19) · YeaTrent Kelly (R-MS-1) · YeaThomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7) · YeaRuss Fulcher (R-ID-1) · YeaLouie Gohmert (R-TX-1) · NayBarry Moore (R-AL-2) · YeaRon Estes (R-KS-4) · NayWarren Davidson (R-OH-8) · NayJodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19) · Not votingJim Banks (R-IN-3) · NayMo Brooks (R-AL-5) · YeaThomas Massie (R-KY-4) · NayJohn W. Rose (R-TN-6) · NayKen Buck (R-CO-4) · YeaTim Burchett (R-TN-2) · NayDoug Lamborn (R-CO-5) · NayGary J. Palmer (R-AL-6) · YeaTom McClintock (R-CA-4) · NayMark E. Green (R-TN-7) · YeaBarry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) · Not votingAndy Harris (R-MD-1) · NayKevin Hern (R-OK-1) · Not votingDiana Harshbarger (R-TN-1) · NayScott Perry (R-PA-10) · NayW. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17) · NayRick W. Allen (R-GA-12) · YeaMichael Cloud (R-TX-27) · NayJeff Duncan (R-SC-3) · Not votingPaul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4) · NayDan Bishop (R-NC-9) · YeaBrian Babin (R-TX-36) · NayLauren Boebert (R-CO-3) · NayJim Jordan (R-OH-4) · YeaRon Wright (R-TX-6) · Not votingPat Fallon (R-TX-4) · YeaBen Cline (R-VA-6) · NayLance Gooden (R-TX-5) · NayRandy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14) · NayMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT) · NayRonny Jackson (R-TX-13) · YeaMary E. Miller (R-IL-15) · NayJody B. Hice (R-GA-10) · NayMarjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) · NayChip Roy (R-TX-21) · Not votingBob Good (R-VA-5) · NayAndy Biggs (R-AZ-5) · NayAndrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9) · NayRalph Norman (R-SC-5) · Not votingYvette Herrell (R-NM-2) · NayPassed326–78
Yea 326Nay 78Not voting 27Voted against their party

Voted against their party

Members who voted yea or nay against most of their party's voting members.

How each member voted

Recorded positions, by party and then position. Highlighted names voted against the majority of their party's voting members.

Democrats · 220

Yea · 205

Nay · 15

Republicans · 211

Yea · 121

Nay · 63

Not voting · 27

Sources and method

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