Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted…

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Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.

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86 cosponsors · 86 R

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House Introduced Jan 13, 2012
House Passed Jan 18, 2012 239–176

Disapproves of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jan 18, 2012

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

Disapproves of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jan 18, 2012 · 239 Yea – 176 Nay Passage Speaker: John A. Boehner

About this bill and sources

Official title: Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.

Latest action (Jan 26, 2012): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 52. Record Vote Number: 2. (consideration: CR S95)

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 13, 2012

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House Introduced Jan 13, 2012
House Passed Jan 18, 2012 239–176

Final vote · House · Jan 18, 2012

Passage — Passed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner

Yea239

R McMorris Rodgers DR

Nay176

D Wasserman Schultz AH

Present2

Not Voting16

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Nay
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
Tim Griffin	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Nay
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
Ben Quayle	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Nay
David Schweikert	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Not Voting
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Nay
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Nay
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Nay
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Not Voting
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Nay
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Nay
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Nay
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Not Voting
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Not Voting
Jeff Denham	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Nay
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Nay
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Nay
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Nay
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Nay
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Nay
Karen Bass	D	CA-33	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Nay
Janice Hahn	D	CA-36	Nay
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Nay
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Nay
Tom McClintock	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	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Nay
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Not Voting
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Nay
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Not Voting
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Nay
George Miller	D	CA-7	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Nay
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Nay
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Cory Gardner	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Nay
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Nay
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Nay
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Nay
John Carney	D	DE-AL	Nay
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Nay
Dennis Ross	R	FL-12	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-17	Nay
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-19	Nay
Steve Southerland	R	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Nay
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
Allen West	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Nay
Sandy Adams	R	FL-24	Yea
David Rivera	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Richard Nugent	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-8	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Nay
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Nay
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Nay
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Tom Graves	R	GA-9	Yea
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Nay
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Nay
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Nay
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Nay
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Nay
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Not Voting
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Bob Dold	R	IL-10	Yea
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Nay
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Bobby Schilling	R	IL-17	Yea
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Nay
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Nay
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Nay
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Nay
Joe Walsh	R	IL-8	Present
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Nay
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Yea
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Todd Young	R	IN-9	Yea
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS-1	Yea
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Yea
Mike Pompeo	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Nay
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Nay
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Nay
Jeff Landry	R	LA-3	Present
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Nay
William Keating	D	MA-10	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Nay
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Nay
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Nay
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Nay
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Nay
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Nay
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Nay
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Nay
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Nay
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Nay
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Not Voting
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Nay
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Nay
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Nay
Dan Benishek	R	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Nay
Hansen Clarke	D	MI-13	Nay
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Nay
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Nay
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Nay
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Nay
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Nay
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Nay
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Nay
Chip Cravaack	R	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Nay
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Nay
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Nay
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Yea
Alan Nunnelee	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Nay
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Nay
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Nay
Renee Ellmers	R	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Rick Berg	R	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Frank Guinta	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Nay
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Nay
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jon Runyan	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Nay
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Nay
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Nay
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Not Voting
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Joseph Heck	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Nay
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Nay
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Nay
Michael Grimm	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Nay
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Nay
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Nay
Nan Hayworth	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Nay
Christopher Gibson	R	NY-20	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Nay
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Not Voting
William Owens	D	NY-23	Nay
Richard Hanna	R	NY-24	Yea
Ann Marie Buerkle	R	NY-25	Yea
Kathleen Hochul	D	NY-26	Nay
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Nay
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Nay
Tom Reed	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Nay
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Nay
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Nay
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Robert Turner	R	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Nay
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Nay
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Nay
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	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
James Lankford	R	OK-5	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Nay
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Nay
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Not Voting
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Yea
Mark Critz	D	PA-12	Nay
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	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Nay
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Yea
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Nay
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Tim Scott	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Yea
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Not Voting
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Nay
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
Stephen Fincher	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	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
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
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
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Quico Canseco	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Nay
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	Yea
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
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Nay
Scott Rigell	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Robert Hurt	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Nay
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Not Voting
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
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	Nay
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Nay
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Yea
Reid Ribble	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Nay
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Yea

All recorded votes (2)

Taking up the measure (motion to proceed) Motion to Proceed Rejected
Senate · Jan 26, 2012 · “On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 98” · Majority Leader: Harry Reid
Passage Passed
House · Jan 18, 2012 · “On Passage” · Speaker: John A. Boehner