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Vote Data for HR985 (115th Congress)


Date: March 9, 2017

Subject: Tort Reform

Description: This bill reforms the laws that govern class action lawsuits to make sure that these lawsuits truly represent a "class" of people who have suffered the same injury. Among other provisions, it requires certification that no relatives or former employees or clients of counsel are involved, limits attorney fees and requires proof that those represented have actually agreed to participate. ACU supports reform of class action lawsuits that are often more for the benefit of attorneys than clients.

Result: Bill Passed, 220-201

Names ordered: By yea/nay       Order alphabetically       Order by party       Order by state

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Voted in Favor:

Ralph Abraham (R-LA)  
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)  
Rick Allen (R-GA)  
Mark Amodei (R-NV)  
Jodey Arrington (R-TX)  
Brian Babin (R-TX)  
Don Bacon (R-NE)  
Jim Banks (R-IN)  
Andy Barr (R-KY)  
Joe Barton (R-TX)  
Jack Bergman (R-MI)  
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)  
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)  
Mike Bishop (R-MI)  
Rob Bishop (R-UT)  
Diane Black (R-TN)  
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)  
Rod Blum (R-IA)  
Mike Bost (R-IL)  
Kevin Brady (R-TX)  
Dave Brat (R-VA)  
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK)  
Mo Brooks (R-AL)  
Susan Brooks (R-IN)  
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)  
Ken Buck (R-CO)  
Larry Bucshon (R-IN)  
Ted Budd (R-NC)  
Michael Burgess (R-TX)  
Bradley Byrne (R-AL)  
Ken Calvert (R-CA)  
Buddy Carter (R-GA)  
John Carter (R-TX)  
Steve Chabot (R-OH)  
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)  
Liz Cheney (R-WY)  
Mike Coffman (R-CO)  
Tom Cole (R-OK)  
Chris Collins (R-NY)  
Doug Collins (R-GA)  
James Comer (R-KY)  
Barbara Comstock (R-VA)  
Mike Conaway (R-TX)  
Paul Cook (R-CA)  
Ryan Costello (R-PA)  
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)  
Rick Crawford (R-AR)  
John Culberson (R-TX)  
Warren Davidson (R-OH)  
Rodney Davis (R-IL)  
Jeff Denham (R-CA)  
Charlie Dent (R-PA)  
Ron DeSantis (R-FL)  
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)  
Dan Donovan (R-NY)  
Sean Duffy (R-WI)  
Jeff Duncan (R-SC)  
Neal Dunn (R-FL)  
Tom Emmer (R-MN)  
Blake Farenthold (R-TX)  
Drew Ferguson (R-GA)  
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)  
Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)  
Bill Flores (R-TX)  
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)  
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)  
Trent Franks (R-AZ)  
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)  
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)  
Mike Gallagher (R-WI)  
Tom Garrett (R-null)  
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)  
Louie Gohmert (R-TX)  
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)  
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)  
Trey Gowdy (R-SC)  
Kay Granger (R-TX)  
Garret Graves (R-LA)  
Sam Graves (R-MO)  
Tom Graves (R-GA)  
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)  
Brett Guthrie (R-KY)  
Gregg Harper (R-MS)  
Andy Harris (R-MD)  
Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)  
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)  
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)  
Jody Hice (R-GA)  
Clay Higgins (R-LA)  
French Hill (R-AR)  
George Holding (R-NC)  
Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN)  
Richard Hudson (R-NC)  
Bill Huizenga (R-MI)  
Randy Hultgren (R-IL)  
Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA)  
Will Hurd (R-TX)  
Darrell Issa (R-CA)  
Evan Jenkins (R-WV)  
Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)  
Bill Johnson (R-OH)  
Mike Johnson (R-LA)  
Sam Johnson (R-TX)  
Jim Jordan (R-OH)  
David Joyce (R-OH)  
John Katko (R-NY)  
Mike Kelly (R-PA)  
Trent Kelly (R-MS)  
Peter King (R-NY)  
Steve King (R-IA)  
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)  
Steve Knight (R-CA)  
David Kustoff (R-TN)  
Raul Labrador (R-ID)  
Darin LaHood (R-IL)  
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)  
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)  
Leonard Lance (R-NJ)  
Bob Latta (R-OH)  
Jason Lewis (R-MN)  
Billy Long (R-MO)  
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)  
Mia Love (R-UT)  
Frank Lucas (R-OK)  
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)  
Tom MacArthur (R-NJ)  
Kenny Marchant (R-TX)  
Tom Marino (R-PA)  
Roger Marshall (R-KS)  
Brian Mast (R-FL)  
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)  
Michael McCaul (R-TX)  
Tom McClintock (R-CA)  
Patrick McHenry (R-NC)  
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)  
Martha McSally (R-AZ)  
Mark Meadows (R-NC)  
Luke Messer (R-IN)  
Paul Mitchell (R-MI)  
John Moolenaar (R-MI)  
Alex Mooney (R-WV)  
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)  
Tim Murphy (R-PA)  
Dan Newhouse (R-WA)  
Kristi Noem (R-SD)  
Devin Nunes (R-CA)  
Pete Olson (R-TX)  
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)  
Gary Palmer (R-AL)  
Erik Paulsen (R-MN)  
Steve Pearce (R-NM)  
Scott Perry (R-PA)  
Robert Pittenger (R-NC)  
Bruce Poliquin (R-ME)  
Bill Posey (R-FL)  
John Ratcliffe (R-TX)  
Thomas Reed (R-NY)  
Dave Reichert (R-WA)  
Jim Renacci (R-OH)  
Tom Rice (R-SC)  
Martha Roby (R-AL)  
Phil Roe (R-TN)  
Harold Rogers (R-KY)  
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)  
Todd Rokita (R-IN)  
Francis Rooney (R-FL)  
Tom Rooney (R-FL)  
Peter Roskam (R-IL)  
Dennis Ross (R-FL)  
Keith Rothfus (R-PA)  
David Rouzer (R-NC)  
Ed Royce (R-CA)  
John Rutherford (R-FL)  
Mark Sanford (R-SC)  
Steve Scalise (R-LA)  
David Schweikert (R-AZ)  
Austin Scott (R-GA)  
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)  
Pete Sessions (R-TX)  
John Shimkus (R-IL)  
Bill Shuster (R-PA)  
Mike Simpson (R-ID)  
Adrian Smith (R-NE)  
Chris Smith (R-NJ)  
Jason Smith (R-MO)  
Lamar Smith (R-TX)  
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)  
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)  
Chris Stewart (R-UT)  
Steve Stivers (R-OH)  
Scott Taylor (R-VA)  
Claudia Tenney (R-NY)  
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)  
Mac Thornberry (R-TX)  
Pat Tiberi (R-OH)  
Scott Tipton (R-CO)  
Dave Trott (R-MI)  
Mike Turner (R-OH)  
Fred Upton (R-MI)  
David Valadao (R-CA)  
Ann Wagner (R-MO)  
Tim Walberg (R-MI)  
Greg Walden (R-OR)  
Mark Walker (R-NC)  
Jackie Walorski (R-IN)  
Mimi Walters (R-CA)  
Randy Weber (R-TX)  
Daniel Webster (R-FL)  
Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)  
Bruce Westerman (R-AR)  
Roger Williams (R-TX)  
Joe Wilson (R-SC)  
Rob Wittman (R-VA)  
Steve Womack (R-AR)  
Rob Woodall (R-GA)  
Kevin Yoder (R-KS)  
Ted Yoho (R-FL)  
David Young (R-IA)  
Don Young (R-AK)  
Lee Zeldin (R-NY)  

Voted Against:

Alma Adams (D-NC)  
Pete Aguilar (D-CA)  
Justin Amash (R-MI)  
Nanette Barragan (D-CA)  
Karen Bass (D-CA)  
Joyce Beatty (D-OH)  
Ami Bera (D-CA)  
Don Beyer (D-VA)  
Sanford Bishop (D-GA)  
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)  
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)  
Brendan Boyle (D-PA)  
Robert Brady (D-PA)  
Anthony Brown (D-MD)  
Julia Brownley (D-CA)  
Cheri Bustos (D-IL)  
G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)  
Michael Capuano (D-MA)  
Salud Carbajal (D-CA)  
Tony Cardenas (D-CA)  
Andre Carson (D-IN)  
Matt Cartwright (D-PA)  
Kathy Castor (D-FL)  
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)  
Judy Chu (D-CA)  
David Cicilline (D-RI)  
Katherine Clark (D-MA)  
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)  
Lacy Clay (D-MO)  
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)  
James Clyburn (D-SC)  
Steve Cohen (D-TN)  
Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ)  
Gerry Connolly (D-VA)  
John Conyers (D-MI)  
Jim Cooper (D-TN)  
Lou Correa (D-CA)  
Jim Costa (D-CA)  
Joe Courtney (D-CT)  
Charlie Crist (D-FL)  
Joseph Crowley (D-NY)  
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)  
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)  
Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)  
Danny Davis (D-IL)  
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)  
Diana DeGette (D-CO)  
John Delaney (D-MD)  
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)  
Suzan DelBene (D-WA)  
Val Demings (D-FL)  
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)  
Ted Deutch (D-FL)  
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)  
Debbie Dingell (D-MI)  
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)  
Mike Doyle (D-PA)  
John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)  
Keith Ellison (D-MN)  
Eliot Engel (D-NY)  
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)  
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)  
Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)  
Dwight Evans (D-PA)  
John Faso (R-NY)  
Bill Foster (D-IL)  
Lois Frankel (D-FL)  
Marcia Fudge (D-OH)  
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)  
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)  
John Garamendi (D-CA)  
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)  
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)  
Al Green (D-TX)  
Gene Green (D-TX)  
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)  
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)  
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)  
Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)  
Alcee Hastings (D-FL)  
Denny Heck (D-WA)  
Brian Higgins (D-NY)  
Jim Himes (D-CT)  
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)  
Jared Huffman (D-CA)  
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)  
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)  
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)  
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)  
Hank Johnson (D-GA)  
Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC)  
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)  
William Keating (D-MA)  
Robin Kelly (D-IL)  
Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA)  
Ro Khanna (D-CA)  
Ruben Kihuen (D-NV)  
Daniel Kildee (D-MI)  
Derek Kilmer (D-WA)  
Ron Kind (D-WI)  
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)  
Ann Kuster (D-NH)  
James Langevin (D-RI)  
Rick Larsen (D-WA)  
John Larson (D-CT)  
Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)  
Al Lawson (D-FL)  
Barbara Lee (D-CA)  
Sander Levin (D-MI)  
John Lewis (D-GA)  
Ted Lieu (D-CA)  
Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)  
Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)  
Dave Loebsack (D-IA)  
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)  
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)  
Nita Lowey (D-NY)  
Ben Lujan (D-NM)  
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)  
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)  
Sean Maloney (D-NY)  
Thomas Massie (R-KY)  
Betty McCollum (D-MN)  
Donald McEachin (D-VA)  
James McGovern (D-MA)  
David McKinley (R-WV)  
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)  
Patrick Meehan (R-PA)  
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)  
Grace Meng (D-NY)  
Gwen Moore (D-WI)  
Seth Moulton (D-MA)  
Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)  
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)  
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)  
Richard Neal (D-MA)  
Richard Nolan (D-MN)  
Donald Norcross (D-NJ)  
Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)  
Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)  
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)  
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)  
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)  
Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ)  
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)  
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)  
Collin Peterson (D-MN)  
Scott Peters (D-CA)  
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)  
Mark Pocan (D-WI)  
Ted Poe (R-TX)  
Jared Polis (D-CO)  
David Price (D-NC)  
Mike Quigley (D-IL)  
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)  
Kathleen Rice (D-NY)  
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)  
Mike Rogers (R-AL)  
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)  
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)  
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)  
Raul Ruiz (D-CA)  
Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)  
Steve Russell (R-OK)  
Tim Ryan (D-OH)  
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)  
John Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)  
Adam Schiff (D-CA)  
Brad Schneider (D-IL)  
Kurt Schrader (D-OR)  
Bobby Scott (D-VA)  
David Scott (D-GA)  
Jose Serrano (D-NY)  
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)  
Brad Sherman (D-CA)  
Albio Sires (D-NJ)  
Louise Slaughter (D-NY)  
Adam Smith (D-WA)  
Darren Soto (D-FL)  
Jackie Speier (D-CA)  
Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)  
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)  
Terri Sewell (D-AL)  
Mark Takano (D-CA)  
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)  
Mike Thompson (D-CA)  
Paul Tonko (D-NY)  
Norma Torres (D-CA)  
Niki Tsongas (D-MA)  
Juan Vargas (D-CA)  
Marc Veasey (D-TX)  
Filemon Vela (D-TX)  
Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)  
Pete Visclosky (D-IN)  
Tim Walz (D-MN)  
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)  
Maxine Waters (D-CA)  
Peter Welch (D-VT)  
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)  
John Yarmuth (D-KY)  

Voted 'Present':

Morgan Griffith (R-VA)  

Did Not Vote:

Lou Barletta (R-PA)  
Susan Davis (D-CA)  
Doris Matsui (D-CA)  
Cedric Richmond (D-LA)  
Bobby Rush (D-IL)  
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)  
Dina Titus (D-NV)  

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