Online Freedom of Speech Act

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R HensarlingSponsor

9 cosponsors · 3 D, 6 R

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Apr 13, 2005
House Failed Nov 2, 2005 225–182

Online Freedom of Speech Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the meaning of public communication subject to the Act.

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House without amendment · Mar 13, 2006

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Online Freedom of Speech Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the meaning of public communication subject to the Act.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Not Voting
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Nay
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Nay
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Nay
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Nay
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Nay
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Not Voting
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Nay
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Not Voting
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Nay
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Not Voting
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Nay
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Nay
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Nay
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Nay
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Not Voting
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Nay
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Nay
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Nay
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Nay
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Nay
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Nay
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Nay
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Nay
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Nay
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Nay
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Not Voting
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Nay
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Nay
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Nay
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Nay
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Nay
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Not Voting
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Nay
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Not Voting
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Not Voting
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Nay
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Not Voting
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Nay
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Yea
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Nay
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Not Voting
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Nay
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Nay
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Nay
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Nay
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Nay
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Nay
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Nay
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Nay
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Not Voting
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Nay
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Nay
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Michael Sodrel	R	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Nay
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Nay
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Nay
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Nay
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Nay
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Nay
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Nay
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Nay
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Nay
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Nay
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Nay
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Nay
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Nay
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Nay
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Nay
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Nay
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Joe Schwarz	R	MI-7	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Nay
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Not Voting
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Nay
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Nay
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Nay
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Nay
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Nay
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Nay
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Nay
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Not Voting
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Nay
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Nay
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Nay
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Nay
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Nay
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Nay
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Nay
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Nay
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Nay
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Nay
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Nay
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Nay
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Nay
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Nay
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Not Voting
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Nay
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Nay
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Yea
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Nay
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Nay
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Nay
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Nay
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Nay
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Nay
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Nay
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Nay
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Nay
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Nay
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Nay
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Nay
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Nay
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Not Voting
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Nay
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Nay
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Nay
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Nay
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Nay
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Not Voting
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Nay
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Nay
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Nay
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Yea
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Nay
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Nay
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Yea
David Wu	D	OR-1	Nay
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Nay
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Nay
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Nay
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Nay
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Nay
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Nay
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Nay
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Nay
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Nay
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Nay
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Yea
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Nay
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Nay
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Nay
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Nay
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Nay
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Nay
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Nay
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Nay
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Nay
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Nay
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Nay
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Nay
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Nay
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Nay
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Nay
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Not Voting

Online Freedom of Speech Act

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Nov 2, 2005