House Roll Call 1533, 112th Congress · September 20, 2012

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

257 yea · 158 nayFailed14 not voting or present

Democrat30 yea · 153 nay

Republican226 yea · 5 nay

Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6429 ↗

STEM Jobs Act of 2012

Policy area: Immigration — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The bill expands STEM visas while eliminating diversity visas, moving immigration policy in both directions at once.
Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration
Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (257)

Nay (158)

Not voting or present (14)

W. Todd AkinDid not vote
Danny K. DavisDid not vote
Bob FilnerDid not vote
Elton GalleglyDid not vote
Kay GrangerDid not vote
Randy HultgrenDid not vote
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.Did not vote
Lynn JenkinsDid not vote
Mike RossDid not vote
Bill ShusterDid not vote
Michael K. SimpsonDid not vote
Jackie SpeierDid not vote
Edolphus TownsDid not vote
Maxine WatersDid not vote

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