House · Roll call 511 · 117th Congress, session 2

Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

On the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment: Passed 396–24 on Dec 6, 2022. 24 members voted against the majority of their party.

Result
Agreed to
Vote type: 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY
Yea
396
Nay
24
Present
0
Not voting: 11

Dec 6, 2022 at 16:27 · Passage

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The measure

The bill or resolution this roll call was on.

  1. H.R. 5796 Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
    Became law· Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8)· Commerce· Dec 20, 2022

Patents for Humanity Act

Split by party

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

PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democrats216002
Republicans1802409
Total39624011

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) · YeaYvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9) · YeaPramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) · YeaJanice 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) · 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) · YeaTroy A. Carter (D-LA-2) · YeaMark Pocan (D-WI-2) · YeaBennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2) · YeaDonald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10) · YeaGwen Moore (D-WI-4) · YeaMark 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) · YeaShontel M. Brown (D-OH-11) · 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) · Not votingAlan 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) · YeaMelanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1) · YeaDiana DeGette (D-CO-1) · YeaJoe Neguse (D-CO-2) · YeaSheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20) · 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) · 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) · YeaAnna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18) · YeaBrendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2) · YeaJohn A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3) · Not votingAyanna Pressley (D-MA-7) · YeaJames 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) · YeaRuben 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) · YeaMarcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) · YeaDarren Soto (D-FL-9) · YeaJoe Courtney (D-CT-2) · YeaAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) · 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) · 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) · YeaDina 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) · YeaSanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2) · YeaSeth Moulton (D-MA-6) · YeaJ. 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) · YeaSharice 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) · YeaChrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6) · YeaCynthia Axne (D-IA-3) · YeaAmi Bera (D-CA-7) · YeaCori Bush (D-MO-1) · YeaJames 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) · YeaMikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) · YeaChris Pappas (D-NH-1) · YeaSusie Lee (D-NV-3) · YeaPatrick Ryan (D-NY-19) · 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) · YeaMary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) · YeaJared F. Golden (D-ME-2) · YeaBrian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) · YeaChristopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4) · YeaJohn Katko (R-NY-24) · YeaAdam Kinzinger (R-IL-16) · Not votingAnthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) · YeaAndrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2) · YeaPeter Meijer (R-MI-3) · Not votingDavid P. Joyce (R-OH-14) · YeaDavid G. Valadao (R-CA-21) · YeaYoung Kim (R-CA-39) · YeaMichael R. Turner (R-OH-10) · YeaMaria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) · YeaDon Bacon (R-NE-2) · YeaRodney Davis (R-IL-13) · YeaMario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) · YeaMichael K. Simpson (R-ID-2) · YeaDavid B. McKinley (R-WV-1) · YeaChris Jacobs (R-NY-27) · YeaElise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) · YeaDan Newhouse (R-WA-4) · YeaJay Obernolte (R-CA-8) · NayFred 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) · YeaMayra Flores (R-TX-34) · YeaJaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3) · YeaMariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2) · YeaKen Calvert (R-CA-42) · YeaSteve 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) · YeaConnie Conway (R-CA-22) · YeaMike Rogers (R-AL-3) · YeaMike Kelly (R-PA-16) · YeaLarry Bucshon (R-IN-8) · Not votingJefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2) · YeaMark E. Amodei (R-NV-2) · YeaPete Stauber (R-MN-8) · YeaAnn Wagner (R-MO-2) · YeaLee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1) · YeaMike Bost (R-IL-12) · YeaKay Granger (R-TX-12) · YeaRobert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4) · YeaMike Carey (R-OH-15) · YeaLiz Cheney (R-WY) · Not votingMichael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) · YeaStephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5) · YeaTrey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9) · YeaBryan Steil (R-WI-1) · YeaGus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12) · YeaGarret Graves (R-LA-6) · YeaBrett Guthrie (R-KY-2) · YeaCharles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3) · YeaJohn H. Rutherford (R-FL-4) · Not votingJulia Letlow (R-LA-5) · YeaJack Bergman (R-MI-1) · Not votingJ. French Hill (R-AR-2) · YeaBill Johnson (R-OH-6) · YeaDan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) · YeaCathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5) · YeaMike Gallagher (R-WI-8) · YeaMike Flood (R-NE-1) · YeaJames R. Baird (R-IN-4) · YeaRobert J. Wittman (R-VA-1) · YeaGuy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) · YeaJohn R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4) · YeaSam Graves (R-MO-6) · YeaKelly Armstrong (R-ND) · YeaBlaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) · YeaMichael Waltz (R-FL-6) · YeaBurgess 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) · YeaTroy Balderson (R-OH-12) · YeaClaudia Tenney (R-NY-22) · NayRandy Feenstra (R-IA-4) · YeaJake LaTurner (R-KS-2) · YeaTom Emmer (R-MN-6) · YeaDusty Johnson (R-SD) · YeaDarrell Issa (R-CA-50) · YeaCliff Bentz (R-OR-2) · YeaVicky Hartzler (R-MO-4) · YeaGregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3) · YeaBob Gibbs (R-OH-7) · YeaJohn R. Carter (R-TX-31) · YeaAndy Barr (R-KY-6) · YeaDaniel Meuser (R-PA-9) · YeaVictoria Spartz (R-IN-5) · YeaTim Walberg (R-MI-7) · YeaFred Keller (R-PA-12) · YeaChris Stewart (R-UT-2) · YeaGreg Pence (R-IN-6) · YeaNeal P. Dunn (R-FL-2) · YeaRobert E. Latta (R-OH-5) · YeaAdrian Smith (R-NE-3) · YeaJake Ellzey (R-TX-6) · YeaH. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9) · NayKevin Brady (R-TX-8) · YeaRudy Yakym III (R-IN-2) · YeaRichard Hudson (R-NC-8) · YeaPatrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10) · YeaDaniel Webster (R-FL-11) · YeaBrad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2) · YeaJoe Wilson (R-SC-2) · Not votingBill Huizenga (R-MI-2) · YeaMichael Guest (R-MS-3) · YeaCarol D. Miller (R-WV-3) · YeaMarkwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) · YeaBill Posey (R-FL-8) · Not votingSteven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4) · YeaAustin Scott (R-GA-8) · YeaMichelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) · YeaDavid Kustoff (R-TN-8) · YeaDoug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) · YeaSteve Chabot (R-OH-1) · YeaBruce Westerman (R-AR-4) · YeaBilly Long (R-MO-7) · YeaJoseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23) · 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) · YeaSteve Scalise (R-LA-1) · YeaBrad Finstad (R-MN-1) · YeaTom Rice (R-SC-7) · YeaMichael C. Burgess (R-TX-26) · YeaMike Johnson (R-LA-4) · YeaDavid Rouzer (R-NC-7) · YeaAlexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2) · YeaJason Smith (R-MO-8) · YeaScott DesJarlais (R-TN-4) · YeaVan Taylor (R-TX-3) · YeaJohn Joyce (R-PA-13) · YeaPete Sessions (R-TX-17) · YeaA. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3) · Not votingKat Cammack (R-FL-3) · YeaRoger 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) · NayBeth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) · YeaTracey Mann (R-KS-1) · YeaTroy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) · YeaDebbie Lesko (R-AZ-8) · YeaVirginia Foxx (R-NC-5) · YeaScott Franklin (R-FL-15) · YeaClay Higgins (R-LA-3) · NayAugust Pfluger (R-TX-11) · YeaTed Budd (R-NC-13) · YeaByron Donalds (R-FL-19) · NayTrent 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) · YeaWarren Davidson (R-OH-8) · NayJodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19) · YeaJim Banks (R-IN-3) · YeaMo Brooks (R-AL-5) · NayThomas Massie (R-KY-4) · YeaJohn W. Rose (R-TN-6) · YeaKen Buck (R-CO-4) · NayTim Burchett (R-TN-2) · YeaDoug Lamborn (R-CO-5) · YeaGary J. Palmer (R-AL-6) · YeaTom McClintock (R-CA-4) · NayMark E. Green (R-TN-7) · YeaBarry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) · YeaAndy Harris (R-MD-1) · NayKevin Hern (R-OK-1) · YeaDiana Harshbarger (R-TN-1) · NayScott Perry (R-PA-10) · YeaW. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17) · YeaRick W. Allen (R-GA-12) · YeaMichael Cloud (R-TX-27) · NayJeff Duncan (R-SC-3) · YeaPaul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4) · NayDan Bishop (R-NC-9) · NayBrian Babin (R-TX-36) · YeaLauren Boebert (R-CO-3) · YeaJim Jordan (R-OH-4) · YeaPat Fallon (R-TX-4) · YeaBen Cline (R-VA-6) · YeaLance Gooden (R-TX-5) · YeaRandy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14) · YeaMatthew 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) · NayBob Good (R-VA-5) · YeaAndy Biggs (R-AZ-5) · NayAndrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9) · NayRalph Norman (R-SC-5) · NayYvette Herrell (R-NM-2) · YeaPassed396–24
Yea 396Nay 24Not voting 11Voted 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 · 218

Yea · 216

Not voting · 2

Republicans · 213

Yea · 180

Nay · 24

Not voting · 9

Sources and method

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