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Vote Data for HR5 (109th Congress)


Date: July 28, 2005

Subject: Medical Malpractice Reform

Description: A bill capping non-economic and punitive damages that plaintiffs and their attorneys receive in medical malpractice cases. Punitive damages would be barred against makers and distributors of medical products if those products were approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill does not pre-empt state damage caps but imposes federal caps where states do not have their own. The bill limits attorneys' contingency fees.

Result: Bill Passed, 230-194

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Voted in Favor:

Robert Aderholt (R-AL)  
Todd Akin (R-MO)  
Rodney Alexander (R-LA)  
Spencer Bachus (R-AL)  
Richard Baker (R-LA)  
Gresham Barrett (R-SC)  
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)  
Joe Barton (R-TX)  
Charlie Bass (R-NH)  
Bob Beauprez (R-CO)  
Judy Biggert (R-IL)  
Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)  
Rob Bishop (R-UT)  
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)  
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)  
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)  
Mike Castle (R-DE)  
Steve Chabot (R-OH)  
Chris Chocola (R-IN)  
Tom Cole (R-OK)  
Mike Conaway (R-TX)  
Christopher Cox (R-CA)  
Bud Cramer (D-AL)  
Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)  
Barbara Cubin (R-WY)  
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)  
John Culberson (R-TX)  
Duke Cunningham (R-CA)  
Geoff Davis (R-KY)  
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)  
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
John Doolittle (R-CA)  
Thelma Drake (R-VA)  
David Dreier (R-CA)  
Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)  
Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)  
Philip English (R-PA)  
Terry Everett (R-AL)  
Tom Feeney (R-FL)  
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)  
Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)  
Mark Foley (R-FL)  
Randy Forbes (R-VA)  
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)  
Paul Gillmor (R-OH)  
Phil Gingrey (R-GA)  
Louie Gohmert (R-TX)  
Virgil Goode (R-VA)  
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)  
Bart Gordon (D-TN)  
Kay Granger (R-TX)  
Sam Graves (R-MO)  
Mark Green (R-WI)  
Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)  
Ralph Hall (R-TX)  
Katherine Harris (R-FL)  
Melissa Hart (R-PA)  
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)  
Dave Hobson (R-OH)  
Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)  
Tim Holden (D-PA)  
John Hostettler (R-IN)  
Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)  
Duncan Hunter (R-CA)  
Henry Hyde (R-IL)  
Bob Inglis (R-SC)  
Darrell Issa (R-CA)  
Bobby Jindal (R-LA)  
Nancy Johnson (R-CT)  
Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC)  
Ric Keller (R-FL)  
Sue Kelly (R-NY)  
Mark Kennedy (R-MN)  
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)  
Ray LaHood (R-IL)  
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)  
Michael McCaul (R-TX)  
Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)  
Jim McCrery (R-LA)  
Patrick McHenry (R-NC)  
John McHugh (R-NY)  
Howard McKeon (R-CA)  
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)  
John Mica (R-FL)  
Candice Miller (R-MI)  
Gary Miller (R-CA)  
Jeff Miller (R-FL)  
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)  
Tom Osborne (R-NE)  
Butch Otter (R-ID)  
Michael Oxley (R-OH)  
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)  
Tom Price (R-GA)  
Deborah Pryce (R-OH)  
Adam Putnam (R-FL)  
George Radanovich (R-CA)  
Jim Ramstad (R-MN)  
Ralph Regula (R-OH)  
Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)  
Dave Reichert (R-WA)  
Rick Renzi (R-AZ)  
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)  
Ed Royce (R-CA)  
Paul Ryan (R-WI)  
Jim Ryun (R-KS)  
Jim Saxton (R-NJ)  
Joe Schwarz (R-MI)  
David Scott (D-GA)  
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)  
Chris Smith (R-NJ)  
Lamar Smith (R-TX)  
Mike Sodrel (R-IN)  
Mark Souder (R-IN)  
Cliff Stearns (R-FL)  
John Sullivan (R-OK)  
John Sweeney (R-NY)  
Tom Tancredo (R-CO)  
Charles Taylor (R-NC)  
Gene Taylor (D-MS)  
Bill Thomas (R-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)  
Dave Weldon (R-FL)  
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)  
Bill Young (R-FL)  
Don Young (R-AK)  

Voted Against:

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)  
Gary Ackerman (D-NY)  
Thomas Allen (D-ME)  
Joe Baca (D-CA)  
Brian Baird (D-WA)  
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)  
John Barrow (D-GA)  
Melissa Bean (D-IL)  
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)  
Shelley Berkley (D-NV)  
Howard Berman (D-CA)  
Marion Berry (D-AR)  
Sanford Bishop (D-GA)  
Tim Bishop (D-NY)  
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)  
Leonard Boswell (D-IA)  
Rick Boucher (D-VA)  
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)  
Ed Case (D-HI)  
Ben Chandler (D-KY)  
Lacy Clay (D-MO)  
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)  
James Clyburn (D-SC)  
Howard Coble (R-NC)  
John Conyers (D-MI)  
Jim Cooper (D-TN)  
Jim Costa (D-CA)  
Jerry Costello (D-IL)  
Joseph Crowley (D-NY)  
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)  
Artur Davis (D-AL)  
Danny Davis (D-IL)  
Jim Davis (D-FL)  
Susan Davis (D-CA)  
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)  
Diana DeGette (D-CO)  
William Delahunt (D-MA)  
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)  
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
Norm Dicks (D-WA)  
John Dingell (D-MI)  
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)  
Mike Doyle (D-PA)  
John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)  
Chet Edwards (D-TX)  
Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)  
Eliot Engel (D-NY)  
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)  
Bob Etheridge (D-NC)  
Lane Evans (D-IL)  
Sam Farr (D-CA)  
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)  
Bob Filner (D-CA)  
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)  
Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN)  
Barney Frank (D-MA)  
Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)  
Al Green (D-TX)  
Gene Green (D-TX)  
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)  
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)  
Jane Harman (D-CA)  
Alcee Hastings (D-FL)  
Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)  
Brian Higgins (D-NY)  
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)  
Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)  
Rush Holt (D-NJ)  
Mike Honda (D-CA)  
Darlene Hooley (D-OR)  
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)  
Jay Inslee (D-WA)  
Steve Israel (D-NY)  
Ernest Istook (R-OK)  
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)  
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)  
Bill Jefferson (D-LA)  
Bill Jenkins (R-TN)  
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)  
Tim Johnson (R-IL)  
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)  
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)  
Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)  
Dale Kildee (D-MI)  
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI)  
Ron Kind (D-WI)  
Peter King (R-NY)  
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)  
James Langevin (D-RI)  
Tom Lantos (D-CA)  
Rick Larsen (D-WA)  
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)  
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)  
Betty McCollum (D-MN)  
Jim McDermott (D-WA)  
Juanita McDonald (D-CA)  
James McGovern (D-MA)  
Mike McIntyre (D-NC)  
Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)  
Michael McNulty (D-NY)  
Marty Meehan (D-MA)  
Kendrick Meek (D-FL)  
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)  
Charlie Melancon (D-LA)  
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)  
Michael Michaud (D-ME)  
Brad Miller (D-NC)  
George Miller (D-CA)  
Alan Mollohan (D-WV)  
Dennis Moore (D-KS)  
Gwen Moore (D-WI)  
James Moran (D-VA)  
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)  
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)  
Richard Neal (D-MA)  
James Oberstar (D-MN)  
David Obey (D-WI)  
John Olver (D-MA)  
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)  
Major Owens (D-NY)  
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)  
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)  
Ed Pastor (D-AZ)  
Donald Payne (D-NJ)  
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)  
David Price (D-NC)  
Nick Rahall (D-WV)  
Charles Rangel (D-NY)  
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)  
Mike Ross (D-AR)  
Steven Rothman (D-NJ)  
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)  
Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)  
Bobby Rush (D-IL)  
Tim Ryan (D-OH)  
Martin Sabo (D-MN)  
John Salazar (D-CO)  
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)  
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)  
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)  
Adam Schiff (D-CA)  
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)  
Bobby Scott (D-VA)  
Jose Serrano (D-NY)  
Brad Sherman (D-CA)  
Ike Skelton (D-MO)  
Louise Slaughter (D-NY)  
Adam Smith (D-WA)  
Vic Snyder (D-AR)  
Hilda Solis (D-CA)  
John Spratt (D-SC)  
Pete Stark (D-CA)  
Ted Strickland (D-OH)  
Bart Stupak (D-MI)  
John Tanner (D-TN)  
Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)  
Lee Terry (R-NE)  
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)  
Mike Thompson (D-CA)  
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)  
Albert Wynn (D-MD)  

Voted 'Present':

Dan Burton (R-IN)  
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)  

Did Not Vote:

Rob Andrews (D-NJ)  
Michael Burgess (R-TX)  
Julia Carson (D-IN)  
Sam Johnson (R-TX)  
Ron Paul (R-TX)  
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)  
David Wu (D-OR)  

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