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Vote Data for S256 (109th Congress)


Date: April 14, 2005

Subject: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act

Description: A bill requiring debtors who have the ability to pay, to pay back at least a portion of their debts. The bill also requires credit card companies to let card holders know up front what they are expected to pay and the penalties for late payment. The bill makes it more difficult for serial bankruptcy filers to abuse the system by imposing an eight year waiting period between bankruptcy declarations. The bill also allows the federal government to clamp down on bankruptcy mills that make money advising bankruptcy abusers on how to game the system.

Result: Bill Passed, 302-126

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Voted in Favor:

Robert Aderholt (R-AL)  
Todd Akin (R-MO)  
Rodney Alexander (R-LA)  
Rob Andrews (D-NJ)  
Joe Baca (D-CA)  
Spencer Bachus (R-AL)  
Brian Baird (D-WA)  
Richard Baker (R-LA)  
Gresham Barrett (R-SC)  
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)  
Joe Barton (R-TX)  
Charlie Bass (R-NH)  
Melissa Bean (D-IL)  
Bob Beauprez (R-CO)  
Marion Berry (D-AR)  
Judy Biggert (R-IL)  
Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)  
Rob Bishop (R-UT)  
Sanford Bishop (D-GA)  
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)  
Roy Blunt (R-MO)  
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)  
John Boehner (R-OH)  
Henry Bonilla (R-TX)  
Jo Bonner (R-AL)  
Mary Bono (R-CA)  
John Boozman (R-AR)  
Dan Boren (D-OK)  
Leonard Boswell (D-IA)  
Rick Boucher (D-VA)  
Charles Boustany (R-LA)  
Allen Boyd (D-FL)  
Jeb Bradley (R-NH)  
Kevin Brady (R-TX)  
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)  
Henry Brown (R-SC)  
Michael Burgess (R-TX)  
Dan Burton (R-IN)  
Steve Buyer (R-IN)  
Ken Calvert (R-CA)  
Dave Camp (R-MI)  
Christopher Cannon (R-UT)  
Eric Cantor (R-VA)  
Shelley Capito (R-WV)  
Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)  
John Carter (R-TX)  
Ed Case (D-HI)  
Mike Castle (R-DE)  
Steve Chabot (R-OH)  
Ben Chandler (D-KY)  
Chris Chocola (R-IN)  
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)  
Howard Coble (R-NC)  
Tom Cole (R-OK)  
Mike Conaway (R-TX)  
Jim Cooper (D-TN)  
Jim Costa (D-CA)  
Christopher Cox (R-CA)  
Bud Cramer (D-AL)  
Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)  
Joseph Crowley (D-NY)  
Barbara Cubin (R-WY)  
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)  
John Culberson (R-TX)  
Duke Cunningham (R-CA)  
Artur Davis (D-AL)  
Geoff Davis (R-KY)  
Jim Davis (D-FL)  
Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)  
Lincoln Davis (D-TN)  
Tom Davis (R-VA)  
Nate Deal (R-GA)  
Tom DeLay (R-TX)  
Charlie Dent (R-PA)  
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
John Doolittle (R-CA)  
Thelma Drake (R-VA)  
David Dreier (R-CA)  
John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)  
Chet Edwards (D-TX)  
Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)  
Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)  
Philip English (R-PA)  
Bob Etheridge (D-NC)  
Terry Everett (R-AL)  
Tom Feeney (R-FL)  
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)  
Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)  
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)  
Mark Foley (R-FL)  
Randy Forbes (R-VA)  
Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN)  
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)  
Vito Fossella (R-NY)  
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)  
Trent Franks (R-AZ)  
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)  
Elton Gallegly (R-CA)  
Scott Garrett (R-NJ)  
Jim Gerlach (R-PA)  
Jim Gibbons (R-NV)  
Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)  
Phil Gingrey (R-GA)  
Louie Gohmert (R-TX)  
Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)  
Virgil Goode (R-VA)  
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)  
Bart Gordon (D-TN)  
Kay Granger (R-TX)  
Sam Graves (R-MO)  
Al Green (D-TX)  
Mark Green (R-WI)  
Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)  
Ralph Hall (R-TX)  
Jane Harman (D-CA)  
Katherine Harris (R-FL)  
Melissa Hart (R-PA)  
Dennis Hastert (R-IL)  
Doc Hastings (R-WA)  
Robin Hayes (R-NC)  
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)  
Joel Hefley (R-CO)  
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)  
Wally Herger (R-CA)  
Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)  
Brian Higgins (D-NY)  
Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)  
Dave Hobson (R-OH)  
Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)  
Tim Holden (D-PA)  
Darlene Hooley (D-OR)  
John Hostettler (R-IN)  
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)  
Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)  
Duncan Hunter (R-CA)  
Henry Hyde (R-IL)  
Bob Inglis (R-SC)  
Steve Israel (D-NY)  
Darrell Issa (R-CA)  
Ernest Istook (R-OK)  
Bill Jefferson (D-LA)  
Bill Jenkins (R-TN)  
Bobby Jindal (R-LA)  
Nancy Johnson (R-CT)  
Sam Johnson (R-TX)  
Tim Johnson (R-IL)  
Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC)  
Ric Keller (R-FL)  
Sue Kelly (R-NY)  
Mark Kennedy (R-MN)  
Ron Kind (D-WI)  
Peter King (R-NY)  
Jack Kingston (R-GA)  
Steve King (R-IA)  
Mark Kirk (R-IL)  
John Kline (R-MN)  
Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)  
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)  
Randy Kuhl (R-NY)  
Rick Larsen (D-WA)  
Tom Latham (R-IA)  
Steven LaTourette (R-OH)  
Jim Leach (R-IA)  
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)  
Ron Lewis (R-KY)  
John Linder (R-GA)  
Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)  
Frank Lucas (R-OK)  
Dan Lungren (R-CA)  
Connie Mack IV (R-FL)  
Donald Manzullo (R-IL)  
Kenny Marchant (R-TX)  
Jim Matheson (D-UT)  
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)  
Michael McCaul (R-TX)  
Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)  
Jim McCrery (R-LA)  
Patrick McHenry (R-NC)  
John McHugh (R-NY)  
Mike McIntyre (D-NC)  
Howard McKeon (R-CA)  
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)  
Kendrick Meek (D-FL)  
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)  
Charlie Melancon (D-LA)  
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)  
John Mica (R-FL)  
Michael Michaud (D-ME)  
Candice Miller (R-MI)  
Gary Miller (R-CA)  
Jeff Miller (R-FL)  
Alan Mollohan (D-WV)  
Dennis Moore (D-KS)  
James Moran (D-VA)  
Jerry Moran (R-KS)  
Tim Murphy (R-PA)  
John Murtha (D-PA)  
Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)  
Sue Myrick (R-NC)  
Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)  
Bob Ney (R-OH)  
Anne Northup (R-KY)  
Charlie Norwood (R-GA)  
Devin Nunes (R-CA)  
Jim Nussle (R-IA)  
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)  
Tom Osborne (R-NE)  
Butch Otter (R-ID)  
Michael Oxley (R-OH)  
Ed Pastor (D-AZ)  
Ron Paul (R-TX)  
Steve Pearce (R-NM)  
Mike Pence (R-IN)  
Collin Peterson (D-MN)  
John Peterson (R-PA)  
Tom Petri (R-WI)  
Chip Pickering (R-MS)  
Joseph Pitts (R-PA)  
Todd Platts (R-PA)  
Ted Poe (R-TX)  
Richard Pombo (R-CA)  
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)  
Jon Porter (R-NV)  
Rob Portman (R-OH)  
David Price (D-NC)  
Tom Price (R-GA)  
Deborah Pryce (R-OH)  
Adam Putnam (R-FL)  
George Radanovich (R-CA)  
Nick Rahall (D-WV)  
Jim Ramstad (R-MN)  
Ralph Regula (R-OH)  
Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)  
Dave Reichert (R-WA)  
Rick Renzi (R-AZ)  
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)  
Tom Reynolds (R-NY)  
Harold Rogers (R-KY)  
Mike Rogers (R-AL)  
Mike Rogers (R-MI)  
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)  
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)  
Mike Ross (D-AR)  
Steven Rothman (D-NJ)  
Ed Royce (R-CA)  
Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)  
Paul Ryan (R-WI)  
Jim Ryun (R-KS)  
John Salazar (D-CO)  
Jim Saxton (R-NJ)  
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)  
Joe Schwarz (R-MI)  
David Scott (D-GA)  
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)  
Pete Sessions (R-TX)  
John Shadegg (R-AZ)  
Clay Shaw (R-FL)  
Chris Shays (R-CT)  
Don Sherwood (R-PA)  
John Shimkus (R-IL)  
Bill Shuster (R-PA)  
Rob Simmons (R-CT)  
Mike Simpson (R-ID)  
Ike Skelton (D-MO)  
Chris Smith (R-NJ)  
Lamar Smith (R-TX)  
Mike Sodrel (R-IN)  
Mark Souder (R-IN)  
John Spratt (D-SC)  
Cliff Stearns (R-FL)  
Ted Strickland (D-OH)  
John Sullivan (R-OK)  
John Sweeney (R-NY)  
Tom Tancredo (R-CO)  
John Tanner (D-TN)  
Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)  
Charles Taylor (R-NC)  
Gene Taylor (D-MS)  
Lee Terry (R-NE)  
Bill Thomas (R-CA)  
Mike Thompson (D-CA)  
Mac Thornberry (R-TX)  
Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)  
Pat Tiberi (R-OH)  
Mike Turner (R-OH)  
Fred Upton (R-MI)  
Greg Walden (R-OR)  
James Walsh (R-NY)  
Zach Wamp (R-TN)  
Curt Weldon (R-PA)  
Jerry Weller (R-IL)  
Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)  
Ed Whitfield (R-KY)  
Roger Wicker (R-MS)  
Heather Wilson (R-NM)  
Joe Wilson (R-SC)  
Frank Wolf (R-VA)  
David Wu (D-OR)  
Albert Wynn (D-MD)  
Bill Young (R-FL)  
Don Young (R-AK)  

Voted Against:

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)  
Gary Ackerman (D-NY)  
Thomas Allen (D-ME)  
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)  
John Barrow (D-GA)  
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)  
Howard Berman (D-CA)  
Tim Bishop (D-NY)  
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)  
Robert Brady (D-PA)  
Corrine Brown (D-FL)  
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)  
G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)  
Lois Capps (D-CA)  
Michael Capuano (D-MA)  
Ben Cardin (D-MD)  
Russ Carnahan (D-MO)  
Julia Carson (D-IN)  
Lacy Clay (D-MO)  
James Clyburn (D-SC)  
John Conyers (D-MI)  
Jerry Costello (D-IL)  
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)  
Danny Davis (D-IL)  
Susan Davis (D-CA)  
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)  
Diana DeGette (D-CO)  
William Delahunt (D-MA)  
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)  
Norm Dicks (D-WA)  
John Dingell (D-MI)  
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)  
Mike Doyle (D-PA)  
Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)  
Eliot Engel (D-NY)  
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)  
Lane Evans (D-IL)  
Sam Farr (D-CA)  
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)  
Bob Filner (D-CA)  
Barney Frank (D-MA)  
Gene Green (D-TX)  
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)  
Alcee Hastings (D-FL)  
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)  
Rush Holt (D-NJ)  
Mike Honda (D-CA)  
Jay Inslee (D-WA)  
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)  
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)  
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)  
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)  
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)  
Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)  
Dale Kildee (D-MI)  
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI)  
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)  
James Langevin (D-RI)  
John Larson (D-CT)  
Barbara Lee (D-CA)  
Sander Levin (D-MI)  
John Lewis (D-GA)  
Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)  
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)  
Nita Lowey (D-NY)  
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)  
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)  
Ed Markey (D-MA)  
Jim Marshall (D-GA)  
Doris Matsui (D-CA)  
Betty McCollum (D-MN)  
Jim McDermott (D-WA)  
Juanita McDonald (D-CA)  
James McGovern (D-MA)  
Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)  
Michael McNulty (D-NY)  
Marty Meehan (D-MA)  
Brad Miller (D-NC)  
George Miller (D-CA)  
Gwen Moore (D-WI)  
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)  
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)  
Richard Neal (D-MA)  
James Oberstar (D-MN)  
David Obey (D-WI)  
John Olver (D-MA)  
Major Owens (D-NY)  
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)  
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)  
Donald Payne (D-NJ)  
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)  
Charles Rangel (D-NY)  
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)  
Bobby Rush (D-IL)  
Tim Ryan (D-OH)  
Martin Sabo (D-MN)  
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)  
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)  
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)  
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)  
Adam Schiff (D-CA)  
Bobby Scott (D-VA)  
Jose Serrano (D-NY)  
Brad Sherman (D-CA)  
Louise Slaughter (D-NY)  
Adam Smith (D-WA)  
Vic Snyder (D-AR)  
Pete Stark (D-CA)  
Bart Stupak (D-MI)  
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)  
John Tierney (D-MA)  
Edolphus Towns (D-NY)  
Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH)  
Mark Udall (D-CO)  
Tom Udall (D-NM)  
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)  
Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)  
Pete Visclosky (D-IN)  
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)  
Maxine Waters (D-CA)  
Diane Watson (D-CA)  
Melvin Watt (D-NC)  
Henry Waxman (D-CA)  
Anthony Weiner (D-NY)  
Robert Wexler (D-FL)  
Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)  

Did Not Vote:

Shelley Berkley (D-NV)  
Paul Gillmor (R-OH)  
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)  
Ray LaHood (R-IL)  
Tom Lantos (D-CA)  
Hilda Solis (D-CA)  
Dave Weldon (R-FL)  

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