With the debt ceiling looming over the head of the nation, last night the House of Representatives to a step toward resolving the issue. Not only in addressing the immediate problem of the debt ceiling, but taking steps for the first time to lower the national debt and to reign in Government spending.

There is no question that the Bill has problems, notably the requirement to balance the budget – which both Democrats and Republicans are remiss to do. But it is an action that thakes the matter seriously, and places a brake on the true addition of Government, spending money it does not have.

The total vote was – 234 Aye, 190 Nay, 8 choose not to vote at all. The bill passed as it only needed a majoity to pass.

The following is the exact votes of every memeber of the House of Representatives, listed by State and district (emphasis placed on my own representative – Rep. Maurice Hinchey):

 

 

Alabama
Aye	AL-1	Bonner, Jo [R]
Aye	AL-2	Roby, Martha [R]
Aye	AL-3	Rogers, Michael [R]
Aye	AL-4	Aderholt, Robert [R]
Aye	AL-5	Brooks, Mo [R]
Aye	AL-6	Bachus, Spencer [R]
No	AL-7	Sewell, Terri [D]
Alaska
Not Voting	AK-0	Young, Donald [R]
Arizona
Aye	AZ-1	Gosar, Paul [R]
Aye	AZ-2	Franks, Trent [R]
Aye	AZ-3	Quayle, Ben [R]
No	AZ-4	Pastor, Edward [D]
Aye	AZ-5	Schweikert, David [R]
Aye	AZ-6	Flake, Jeff [R]
No	AZ-7	Grijalva, Raul [D]
Not Voting	AZ-8	Giffords, Gabrielle [D]
Arkansas
Aye	AR-1	Crawford, Rick [R]
Aye	AR-2	Griffin, Tim [R]
Aye	AR-3	Womack, Steve [R]
No	AR-4	Ross, Mike [D]
California
No	CA-1	Thompson, C. [D]
Aye	CA-2	Herger, Walter [R]
Aye	CA-3	Lungren, Daniel [R]
Aye	CA-4	McClintock, Tom [R]
No	CA-5	Matsui, Doris [D]
No	CA-6	Woolsey, Lynn [D]
No	CA-7	Miller, George [D]
No	CA-8	Pelosi, Nancy [D]
No	CA-9	Lee, Barbara [D]
No	CA-10	Garamendi, John [D]
No	CA-11	McNerney, Jerry [D]
No	CA-12	Speier, Jackie [D]
No	CA-13	Stark, Fortney [D]
No	CA-14	Eshoo, Anna [D]
No	CA-15	Honda, Michael [D]
No	CA-16	Lofgren, Zoe [D]
No	CA-17	Farr, Sam [D]
No	CA-18	Cardoza, Dennis [D]
Aye	CA-19	Denham, Jeff [R]
No	CA-20	Costa, Jim [D]
Aye	CA-21	Nunes, Devin [R]
Aye	CA-22	McCarthy, Kevin [R]
No	CA-23	Capps, Lois [D]
Aye	CA-24	Gallegly, Elton [R]
Aye	CA-25	McKeon, Howard [R]
Aye	CA-26	Dreier, David [R]
No	CA-27	Sherman, Brad [D]
No	CA-28	Berman, Howard [D]
No	CA-29	Schiff, Adam [D]
No	CA-30	Waxman, Henry [D]
No	CA-31	Becerra, Xavier [D]
No	CA-32	Chu, Judy [D]
No	CA-33	Bass, Karen [D]
No	CA-34	Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D]
No	CA-35	Waters, Maxine [D]
No	CA-37	Richardson, Laura [D]
No	CA-38	Napolitano, Grace [D]
No	CA-39	Sanchez, Linda [D]
Aye	CA-40	Royce, Edward [R]
Aye	CA-41	Lewis, Jerry [R]
Aye	CA-42	Miller, Gary [R]
No	CA-43	Baca, Joe [D]
Aye	CA-44	Calvert, Ken [R]
Aye	CA-45	Bono Mack, Mary [R]
No	CA-46	Rohrabacher, Dana [R]
No	CA-47	Sanchez, Loretta [D]
Aye	CA-48	Campbell, John [R]
Aye	CA-49	Issa, Darrell [R]
Aye	CA-50	Bilbray, Brian [R]
No	CA-51	Filner, Bob [D]
Aye	CA-52	Hunter, Duncan [R]
No	CA-53	Davis, Susan [D]
Colorado
No	CO-1	DeGette, Diana [D]
No	CO-2	Polis, Jared [D]
Aye	CO-3	Tipton, Scott [R]
Aye	CO-4	Gardner, Cory [R]
Aye	CO-5	Lamborn, Doug [R]
Aye	CO-6	Coffman, Mike [R]
No	CO-7	Perlmutter, Ed [D]
Connecticut
No	CT-1	Larson, John [D]
No	CT-2	Courtney, Joe [D]
No	CT-3	DeLauro, Rosa [D]
No	CT-4	Himes, James [D]
No	CT-5	Murphy, Christopher [D]
Delaware
No	DE-0	Carney, John [D]
Florida
Aye	FL-1	Miller, Jeff [R]
Aye	FL-2	Southerland, Steve [R]
No	FL-3	Brown, Corrine [D]
Aye	FL-4	Crenshaw, Ander [R]
Aye	FL-5	Nugent, Richard [R]
Aye	FL-6	Stearns, Clifford [R]
Aye	FL-7	Mica, John [R]
Aye	FL-8	Webster, Daniel [R]
Aye	FL-9	Bilirakis, Gus [R]
Aye	FL-10	Young, C. W. [R]
Not Voting	FL-11	Castor, Kathy [D]
Aye	FL-12	Ross, Dennis [R]
Aye	FL-13	Buchanan, Vern [R]
No	FL-14	Mack, Connie [R]
Aye	FL-15	Posey, Bill [R]
Aye	FL-16	Rooney, Thomas [R]
No	FL-17	Wilson, Frederica [D]
Aye	FL-18	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
No	FL-19	Deutch, Ted [D]
No	FL-20	Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D]
Aye	FL-21	Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
Aye	FL-22	West, Allen [R]
No	FL-23	Hastings, Alcee [D]
Aye	FL-24	Adams, Sandy [R]
Aye	FL-25	Rivera, David [R]
Georgia
Aye	GA-1	Kingston, Jack [R]
No	GA-2	Bishop, Sanford [D]
Aye	GA-3	Westmoreland, Lynn [R]
No	GA-4	Johnson, Henry [D]
No	GA-5	Lewis, John [D]
Aye	GA-6	Price, Tom [R]
Aye	GA-7	Woodall, Rob [R]
Aye	GA-8	Scott, Austin [R]
Aye	GA-9	Graves, Tom [R]
No	GA-10	Broun, Paul [R]
Aye	GA-11	Gingrey, John [R]
No	GA-12	Barrow, John [D]
No	GA-13	Scott, David [D]
Hawaii
No	HI-1	Hanabusa, Colleen [D]
No	HI-2	Hirono, Mazie [D]
Idaho
Aye	ID-1	Labrador, Raúl [R]
Aye	ID-2	Simpson, Michael [R]
Illinois
No	IL-1	Rush, Bobby [D]
No	IL-2	Jackson, Jesse [D]
No	IL-3	Lipinski, Daniel [D]
No	IL-4	Gutierrez, Luis [D]
No	IL-5	Quigley, Mike [D]
Aye	IL-6	Roskam, Peter [R]
No	IL-7	Davis, Danny [D]
Aye	IL-8	Walsh, Joe [R]
No	IL-9	Schakowsky, Janice [D]
Aye	IL-10	Dold, Bob [R]
Aye	IL-11	Kinzinger, Adam [R]
No	IL-12	Costello, Jerry [D]
Aye	IL-13	Biggert, Judy [R]
Aye	IL-14	Hultgren, Randy [R]
Aye	IL-15	Johnson, Timothy [R]
Aye	IL-16	Manzullo, Donald [R]
Aye	IL-17	Schilling, Robert [R]
Aye	IL-18	Schock, Aaron [R]
Aye	IL-19	Shimkus, John [R]
Indiana
No	IN-1	Visclosky, Peter [D]
No	IN-2	Donnelly, Joe [D]
Aye	IN-3	Stutzman, Marlin [R]
Aye	IN-4	Rokita, Todd [R]
Aye	IN-5	Burton, Dan [R]
Aye	IN-6	Pence, Mike [R]
No	IN-7	Carson, André [D]
Aye	IN-8	Bucshon, Larry [R]
Aye	IN-9	Young, Todd [R]
Iowa
No	IA-1	Braley, Bruce [D]
No	IA-2	Loebsack, David [D]
No	IA-3	Boswell, Leonard [D]
Aye	IA-4	Latham, Thomas [R]
Aye	IA-5	King, Steve [R]
Kansas
Aye	KS-1	Huelskamp, Tim [R]
Aye	KS-2	Jenkins, Lynn [R]
Aye	KS-3	Yoder, Kevin [R]
Aye	KS-4	Pompeo, Mike [R]
Kentucky
Aye	KY-1	Whitfield, Edward [R]
Aye	KY-2	Guthrie, Brett [R]
No	KY-3	Yarmuth, John [D]
Aye	KY-4	Davis, Geoff [R]
Aye	KY-5	Rogers, Harold [R]
No	KY-6	Chandler, Ben [D]
Louisiana
Aye	LA-1	Scalise, Steve [R]
No	LA-2	Richmond, Cedric [D]
Aye	LA-3	Landry, Jeff [R]
Aye	LA-4	Fleming, John [R]
Aye	LA-5	Alexander, Rodney [R]
Aye	LA-6	Cassidy, Bill [R]
Aye	LA-7	Boustany, Charles [R]
Maine
No	ME-1	Pingree, Chellie [D]
No	ME-2	Michaud, Michael [D]
Maryland
Aye	MD-1	Harris, Andy [R]
No	MD-2	Ruppersberger, C.A. [D]
No	MD-3	Sarbanes, John [D]
No	MD-4	Edwards, Donna [D]
No	MD-5	Hoyer, Steny [D]
Aye	MD-6	Bartlett, Roscoe [R]
No	MD-7	Cummings, Elijah [D]
No	MD-8	Van Hollen, Christopher [D]
Massachusetts
No	MA-1	Olver, John [D]
No	MA-2	Neal, Richard [D]
No	MA-3	McGovern, James [D]
No	MA-4	Frank, Barney [D]
No	MA-5	Tsongas, Niki [D]
No	MA-6	Tierney, John [D]
No	MA-7	Markey, Edward [D]
Not Voting	MA-8	Capuano, Michael [D]
No	MA-9	Lynch, Stephen [D]
No	MA-10	Keating, William [D]
Michigan
Aye	MI-1	Benishek, Dan [R]
Aye	MI-2	Huizenga, Bill [R]
Aye	MI-3	Amash, Justin [R]
Aye	MI-4	Camp, David [R]
No	MI-5	Kildee, Dale [D]
Aye	MI-6	Upton, Frederick [R]
Aye	MI-7	Walberg, Timothy [R]
Aye	MI-8	Rogers, Michael [R]
No	MI-9	Peters, Gary [D]
Aye	MI-10	Miller, Candice [R]
Aye	MI-11	McCotter, Thaddeus [R]
No	MI-12	Levin, Sander [D]
No	MI-13	Clarke, Hansen [D]
No	MI-14	Conyers, John [D]
No	MI-15	Dingell, John [D]
Minnesota
No	MN-1	Walz, Timothy [D]
Aye	MN-2	Kline, John [R]
Aye	MN-3	Paulsen, Erik [R]
No	MN-4	McCollum, Betty [D]
Not Voting	MN-5	Ellison, Keith [D]
No	MN-6	Bachmann, Michele [R]
No	MN-7	Peterson, Collin [D]
Aye	MN-8	Cravaack, Chip [R]
Mississippi
Aye	MS-1	Nunnelee, Alan [R]
No	MS-2	Thompson, Bennie [D]
Aye	MS-3	Harper, Gregg [R]
Aye	MS-4	Palazzo, Steven [R]
Missouri
No	MO-1	Clay, William [D]
Aye	MO-2	Akin, W. [R]
No	MO-3	Carnahan, Russ [D]
Aye	MO-4	Hartzler, Vicky [R]
No	MO-5	Cleaver, Emanuel [D]
Aye	MO-6	Graves, Samuel [R]
Aye	MO-7	Long, Billy [R]
Aye	MO-8	Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Aye	MO-9	Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R]
Montana
Aye	MT-0	Rehberg, Dennis [R]
Nebraska
Aye	NE-1	Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
Aye	NE-2	Terry, Lee [R]
Aye	NE-3	Smith, Adrian [R]
Nevada
No	NV-1	Berkley, Shelley [D]
Aye	NV-3	Heck, Joe [R]
New Hampshire
Aye	NH-1	Guinta, Frank [R]
Aye	NH-2	Bass, Charles [R]
New Jersey
No	NJ-1	Andrews, Robert [D]
Aye	NJ-2	LoBiondo, Frank [R]
Aye	NJ-3	Runyan, Jon [R]
Aye	NJ-4	Smith, Christopher [R]
Aye	NJ-5	Garrett, Scott [R]
No	NJ-6	Pallone, Frank [D]
Aye	NJ-7	Lance, Leonard [R]
No	NJ-8	Pascrell, William [D]
No	NJ-9	Rothman, Steven [D]
No	NJ-10	Payne, Donald [D]
Aye	NJ-11	Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
No	NJ-12	Holt, Rush [D]
No	NJ-13	Sires, Albio [D]
New Mexico
No	NM-1	Heinrich, Martin [D]
Aye	NM-2	Pearce, Steven [R]
No	NM-3	Lujan, Ben [D]
New York
No	NY-1	Bishop, Timothy [D]
No	NY-2	Israel, Steve [D]
Aye	NY-3	King, Peter [R]
No	NY-4	McCarthy, Carolyn [D]
No	NY-5	Ackerman, Gary [D]
No	NY-6	Meeks, Gregory [D]
No	NY-7	Crowley, Joseph [D]
No	NY-8	Nadler, Jerrold [D]
No	NY-10	Towns, Edolphus [D]
No	NY-11	Clarke, Yvette [D]
No	NY-12	Velazquez, Nydia [D]
Aye	NY-13	Grimm, Michael [R]
No	NY-14	Maloney, Carolyn [D]
No	NY-15	Rangel, Charles [D]
No	NY-16	Serrano, José [D]
Not Voting	NY-17	Engel, Eliot [D]
No	NY-18	Lowey, Nita [D]
Aye	NY-19	Hayworth, Nan [R]
Aye	NY-20	Gibson, Chris [R]
No	NY-21	Tonko, Paul [D]
Not Voting	NY-22	Hinchey, Maurice [D]
No	NY-23	Owens, William [D]
Aye	NY-24	Hanna, Richard [R]
Aye	NY-25	Buerkle, Ann Marie [R]
No	NY-26	Hochul, Kathleen [D]
No	NY-27	Higgins, Brian [D]
No	NY-28	Slaughter, Louise [D]
Aye	NY-29	Reed, Tom [R]
North Carolina
No	NC-1	Butterfield, George [D]
Aye	NC-2	Ellmers, Renee [R]
No	NC-3	Jones, Walter [R]
No	NC-4	Price, David [D]
Aye	NC-5	Foxx, Virginia [R]
Aye	NC-6	Coble, Howard [R]
Aye	NC-7	McIntyre, Mike [D]
No	NC-8	Kissell, Larry [D]
Aye	NC-9	Myrick, Sue [R]
Aye	NC-10	McHenry, Patrick [R]
Aye	NC-11	Shuler, Heath [D]
No	NC-12	Watt, Melvin [D]
No	NC-13	Miller, R. [D]
North Dakota
Aye	ND-0	Berg, Rick [R]
Ohio
Aye	OH-1	Chabot, Steven [R]
Aye	OH-2	Schmidt, Jean [R]
Aye	OH-3	Turner, Michael [R]
Aye	OH-4	Jordan, Jim [R]
Aye	OH-5	Latta, Robert [R]
Aye	OH-6	Johnson, Bill [R]
Aye	OH-7	Austria, Steve [R]
No	OH-9	Kaptur, Marcy [D]
No	OH-10	Kucinich, Dennis [D]
No	OH-11	Fudge, Marcia [D]
Aye	OH-12	Tiberi, Patrick [R]
No	OH-13	Sutton, Betty [D]
Aye	OH-14	LaTourette, Steven [R]
Aye	OH-15	Stivers, Steve [R]
Aye	OH-16	Renacci, Jim [R]
No	OH-17	Ryan, Timothy [D]
Aye	OH-18	Gibbs, Bob [R]
Oklahoma
Aye	OK-1	Sullivan, John [R]
Aye	OK-2	Boren, Dan [D]
Aye	OK-3	Lucas, Frank [R]
Aye	OK-4	Cole, Tom [R]
Aye	OK-5	Lankford, James [R]
Oregon
No	OR-1	Wu, David [D]
Aye	OR-2	Walden, Greg [R]
Not Voting	OR-3	Blumenauer, Earl [D]
No	OR-4	DeFazio, Peter [D]
No	OR-5	Schrader, Kurt [D]
Pennsylvania
No	PA-1	Brady, Robert [D]
No	PA-2	Fattah, Chaka [D]
Aye	PA-3	Kelly, Mike [R]
No	PA-4	Altmire, Jason [D]
Aye	PA-5	Thompson, Glenn [R]
Aye	PA-6	Gerlach, Jim [R]
Aye	PA-7	Meehan, Patrick [R]
Aye	PA-8	Fitzpatrick, Michael [R]
Aye	PA-9	Shuster, William [R]
Aye	PA-10	Marino, Thomas [R]
Aye	PA-11	Barletta, Lou [R]
No	PA-12	Critz, Mark [D]
No	PA-13	Schwartz, Allyson [D]
No	PA-14	Doyle, Michael [D]
Aye	PA-15	Dent, Charles [R]
Aye	PA-16	Pitts, Joseph [R]
No	PA-17	Holden, Tim [D]
Aye	PA-18	Murphy, Tim [R]
Aye	PA-19	Platts, Todd [R]
Rhode Island
No	RI-1	Cicilline, David [D]
No	RI-2	Langevin, James [D]
South Carolina
Aye	SC-1	Scott, Tim [R]
Aye	SC-2	Wilson, Addison [R]
Aye	SC-3	Duncan, Jeff [R]
Aye	SC-4	Gowdy, Trey [R]
Aye	SC-5	Mulvaney, Mick [R]
No	SC-6	Clyburn, James [D]
South Dakota
Aye	SD-0	Noem, Kristi [R]
Tennessee
Aye	TN-1	Roe, Phil [R]
Aye	TN-2	Duncan, John [R]
Aye	TN-3	Fleischmann, Chuck [R]
No	TN-4	DesJarlais, Scott [R]
Aye	TN-5	Cooper, Jim [D]
Aye	TN-6	Black, Diane [R]
Aye	TN-7	Blackburn, Marsha [R]
Aye	TN-8	Fincher, Stephen [R]
No	TN-9	Cohen, Steve [D]
Texas
Aye	TX-1	Gohmert, Louis [R]
Aye	TX-2	Poe, Ted [R]
Aye	TX-3	Johnson, Samuel [R]
Aye	TX-4	Hall, Ralph [R]
Aye	TX-5	Hensarling, Jeb [R]
Aye	TX-6	Barton, Joe [R]
Aye	TX-7	Culberson, John [R]
Aye	TX-8	Brady, Kevin [R]
No	TX-9	Green, Al [D]
Aye	TX-10	McCaul, Michael [R]
Aye	TX-11	Conaway, K. [R]
Aye	TX-12	Granger, Kay [R]
Aye	TX-13	Thornberry, William [R]
No	TX-14	Paul, Ronald [R]
No	TX-15	Hinojosa, Rubén [D]
No	TX-16	Reyes, Silvestre [D]
Aye	TX-17	Flores, Bill [R]
No	TX-18	Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]
Aye	TX-19	Neugebauer, Randy [R]
No	TX-20	Gonzalez, Charles [D]
Aye	TX-21	Smith, Lamar [R]
Aye	TX-22	Olson, Pete [R]
No	TX-23	Canseco, Francisco [R]
Aye	TX-24	Marchant, Kenny [R]
No	TX-25	Doggett, Lloyd [D]
Aye	TX-26	Burgess, Michael [R]
Aye	TX-27	Farenthold, Blake [R]
No	TX-28	Cuellar, Henry [D]
No	TX-29	Green, Raymond [D]
No	TX-30	Johnson, Eddie [D]
Aye	TX-31	Carter, John [R]
Aye	TX-32	Sessions, Peter [R]
Utah
Aye	UT-1	Bishop, Rob [R]
Aye	UT-2	Matheson, Jim [D]
Aye	UT-3	Chaffetz, Jason [R]
Vermont
No	VT-0	Welch, Peter [D]
Virginia
Aye	VA-1	Wittman, Rob [R]
Aye	VA-2	Rigell, E. [R]
No	VA-3	Scott, Robert [D]
Aye	VA-4	Forbes, J. [R]
Aye	VA-5	Hurt, Robert [R]
Aye	VA-6	Goodlatte, Robert [R]
Aye	VA-7	Cantor, Eric [R]
No	VA-8	Moran, James [D]
No	VA-9	Griffith, H. [R]
Aye	VA-10	Wolf, Frank [R]
No	VA-11	Connolly, Gerald [D]
Washington
No	WA-1	Inslee, Jay [D]
No	WA-2	Larsen, Rick [D]
Aye	WA-3	Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R]
Aye	WA-4	Hastings, Doc [R]
Aye	WA-5	McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R]
No	WA-6	Dicks, Norman [D]
No	WA-7	McDermott, James [D]
Aye	WA-8	Reichert, Dave [R]
No	WA-9	Smith, Adam [D]
West Virginia
Aye	WV-1	McKinley, David [R]
Aye	WV-2	Capito, Shelley [R]
No	WV-3	Rahall, Nick [D]
Wisconsin
Aye	WI-1	Ryan, Paul [R]
No	WI-2	Baldwin, Tammy [D]
No	WI-3	Kind, Ronald [D]
No	WI-4	Moore, Gwen [D]
Aye	WI-5	Sensenbrenner, F. [R]
Aye	WI-6	Petri, Thomas [R]
Aye	WI-7	Duffy, Sean [R]
Aye	WI-8	Ribble, Reid [R]
Wyoming
Aye	WY-0	Lummis, Cynthia [R]
Unknown Voters
No		Unknown Person

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