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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Sharing Statement March 1, 2015

Today our scripture came from the Gospel of Mark. Mark emphasizes Jesus' call to sacrifice by those who would follow him, and dwells on the Passion, Jesus' ultimate sacrifice. What does that mean for us? I believe it means giving sacrificially with our time, talent and treasure to see that God's will is accomplished on earth. This church is a good place to give your time, talent and treasure as we embark on a new vision for an old institution. Right now, we ask you to share your treasure.

Monday, July 28, 2014

I Wasn't Born Yet

I live in a house that turned 100 this year. Its old lumber is thick, dry and full of resin. A fire would be difficult to stop, so when a few years ago I smelled electrical smoke, I called the fire department. I searched for the source as I waited for the Fire Department and found it. The dining room chandelier was on and smelling. I cut the power to the chandelier and waited.

A fire truck pulled up in front of the house. Firefighters, all young men, hurried in. They checked the chandelier, then scurried up the attic ladder and examined the area above the fixture. They returned with reassuring news. There was no fire in the attic, my greatest fear.

"We need to check that attic wiring and the chandelier to be sure that the problem is in the fixture," a young fireman told me. He headed out to the truck.

He returned with the news that there was no voltmeter on the fire truck. I offered the use of mine. He declined, telling me they were required to use the Fire Department's voltmeter. He called the fire station and requested the voltmeter.

Five minutes later another fire truck arrived with the voltmeter and a full complement of firemen, most of whom came into the house to join the study of my dining room ceiling and chandelier. I wondered what my neighbors thought of two fire engines at my home. I was sure there would plenty of calls when the firefighters left. I was correct.

With their voltmeter in hand, the firefighters returned to the attic. All was fine with the wiring. The young fireman checked the chandelier and determined that one socket was bad. To ensure safety, he removed the chandelier and capped the bare wires.

As he handed the fixture to me, he said, "Probably old wiring, ma'am, your home is pretty old."

I shook my head. "The house was built in 1914, but I had the lighting fixtures rewired when we remodeled the house in 1979."

The young fireman looked at me and said, " I wasn't born yet,.".

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Bobby's Dead and I''m Next

The polio vaccine came in when I was in the first grade. I knew about polio by then. When someone in the city came down with polio, children were denied contact with anyone outside their family for several weeks. If polio came calling in the summer, all public swimming pools closed. I loved the water, no swimming seemed the ultimate victory for the virus.

A mass vaccination for all children was held in Austin in the summer I was a second grader to be. High school auditoriums were set up as vaccinations sites. My paternal grandmother arranged for us to go with our neighbor and her son to McCallum High School. That was fine with me. Bobby and I played together every day. We were best friends.

McCallum was packed. Bobby and I took our places in line. Adults were shooed to the other side of the auditorium, so mu grandmother and his mother deserted us. Bobby and I were left in a line slowly moving toward the place of vaccination.. Bobby, always the brave one, went ahead of me.

I do not know how long it took us to reach the nurse delivering the shots, but it was long enough for me to build up considerable apprehension. We had had our first shot in our elementary school, one class at a time. There had been little time to fret about that shot. Now, however, I had plenty of time to worry. Bobby did not seem worried. His nonchalance helped keep me calm. Some kids behind us were crying

Jonas Salk vaccinating a child.

Now, we were at the vaccination station. There were two nurses. One giving the shot and the other comforting the last recipient of the vaccination. Bobby stepped forward resolutely. The nurse pushed up his sleeve a little, swabbed is arm, and injected the vaccine.

Bobby's skin instantly turned a translucent white. He fell at my feet eyes closed, unmoving. Dead, I assumed. I could not move. That shot had killed my best friend.

Out of nowhere my grandmother and Bobby's mother appeared. His mother scooped him up while my grandmother cradled his head. They left with the body.

Bobby was dead and I was next. My grandmother had left me. I was as frightened as I had ever been in my life. I was so afraid that I did not cry. I wanted to run, but I was frozen in place.

The helping nurse urged me forward with platitudes I do not remember. All I remember was my heart pounding.

I managed to step to the appointed place. The vaccinating nurse rubbed my arm with something cold, then deftly injected the vaccine. I barely felt it. I took a deep breath. I was still alive,

The helping nurse patted me on my shoulder. "You can go now."

I moved away as quickly as I dared, but I did not run. The auditorium was large it took me a moment to spot my grandmother and Bobby's mother. I went to them. Between them on a bench lay Bobby. Alive.

Bobby was a still pale, but his eyes were open. The back of his had was resting on his mother's purse.

"Bobby's fine. He just fainted," my grandmother said.

I said nothing. Bobby was alive and so was I.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

How much nerve damage?

My neurologist came to get me from the waiting room herself. As we walked back to the examining room, she asked how I was doing. "A little worse," I had to say. She nodded and I realized she was watching me walk. I knew my walk had deteriorated in the few weeks since I saw her last. Well, that was why I was here.

We reached her office/exam room. She pointed to a gown on the exam table and gave the usual instructions. I took off my outer clothing, then put the gown on over my underwear. Stuck my head out the door and told the empty hall, I was ready.

As I waited, I contemplated what I was facing: a nerve conduction study (NCS) and an electromyogram (EMG) to determine how well the nerves to my legs were working. (clicking on the highlighted words will take you to a description of both procedures) My legs had become unbearably painful after I walked only a short distance. After eliminating circulation problems as the cause, the doctors had settled on neurogenic cludication as the diagnosis. The MRI of my lower back had been quite bad. Thirty years of arthritis had taken its toll. My vertebrae no longer had the bone formations that kept them aligned. In addition, bone spurs sprouted randomly, discs bulged, or no longer existed. At one point my nerves were compressed so tightly that they were not visible.on the computer screen. As bad as this looked, my neurologist wanted data to show the amount of damage to my nerves.

My neurologist appeared at the door.with a smile and we began. Most of the tests were pain free. There were strange sensations but no pain. Some of the needle insertions did hurt for an instant , but even that was not bad. Flexing and relaxing muscles on command was a little problematic, but I did it. I did feel uncomfortable when I needed to keep one leg raised off the exam table for one measurement. It has been a long time since I did leg raises of any kind. A few needle insertions in my back, more measurements and the tests were done.

I sat up with my legs dangling over the side of the exam table. My neurologist looked me squarely in the eye and said "there is moderate damage but it should be correctable." She paused. "You cannot wait, I can see deterioration since our last exam." I nodded.

"As we agreed, I will refer you to a neurosurgeon."

I nodded again.. After thirty years of ignoring doctors recommendations for back surgery to relieve back pain, I had reached a condition I could not ignore. I had to be able to walk.

There was a little paperwork to be completed, then I was told all my test results would be sent to the neurosurgeon. Her office would contact me.

Now, I wait.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

How Your Representative Voted on Student Loan Bill to Let Interest Rates Float

Smarter Solutions for Students Act

H.R. 1911

2013

Student loan rates could more than double under the Republican bill just passed.

Rates for student loans are set to double in July to 6.8%, but no higher.. Under this Republican bill, rates for undergraduate loans, would be set at that of the 10-year Treasury note, plus 2.5 percentage points, and capped at 8.5 percent The bill would peg rates on graduate student and parent loans to the 10-year T-bill, plus 4.5 percentage points, capped at 10.5 percent.

The interest rate is variable and could increase to the maximum at anytime.

Below are how the Representatives voted.

	Totals		Republican	Democrat
Aye	221	51%	217	4
No	198	46%	8	190
Not Voting	15	3%	8	7
Required:	Simple Majority

Vote Details

Vote	Party	Representative	District
Alaska
No Vote	R	Young, Don	AK
Alabama
No Vote	R	Bonner, Jo	AL 1^st
Aye	R	Roby, Martha	AL 2^nd
Aye	R	Rogers, Mike	AL 3^rd
Aye	R	Aderholt, Robert	AL 4^th
No	R	Brooks, Mo	AL 5^th
Aye	R	Bachus, Spencer	AL 6^th
No	D	Sewell, Terri	AL 7^th
Arkansas
Aye	R	Crawford, Eric	AR 1^st
Aye	R	Griffin, Tim	AR 2^nd
Aye	R	Womack, Steve	AR 3^rd
No	R	Cotton, Tom	AR 4^th
Arizona
No	D	Kirkpatrick, Ann	AZ 1^st
No	D	Barber, Ron	AZ 2^nd
No	D	Grijalva, Raúl	AZ 3^rd
Aye	R	Gosar, Paul	AZ 4^th
Aye	R	Salmon, Matt	AZ 5^th
Aye	R	Schweikert, David	AZ 6^th
No	D	Pastor, Ed	AZ 7^th
Aye	R	Franks, Trent	AZ 8^th
No	D	Sinema, Kyrsten	AZ 9^th
California
Aye	R	LaMalfa, Doug	CA 1^st
No	D	Huffman, Jared	CA 2^nd
No Vote	D	Garamendi, John	CA 3^rd
Aye	R	McClintock, Tom	CA 4^th
No	D	Thompson, Mike	CA 5^th
No	D	Matsui, Doris	CA 6^th
No	D	Bera, Ami	CA 7^th
Aye	R	Cook, Paul	CA 8^th
No	D	McNerney, Jerry	CA 9^th
Aye	R	Denham, Jeff	CA 10^th
No	D	Miller, George	CA 11^th
No	D	Pelosi, Nancy	CA 12^th
No	D	Lee, Barbara	CA 13^th
No Vote	D	Speier, Jackie	CA 14^th
No	D	Swalwell, Eric	CA 15^th
No	D	Costa, Jim	CA 16^th
No	D	Honda, Mike	CA 17^th
No	D	Eshoo, Anna	CA 18^th
No	D	Lofgren, Zoe	CA 19^th
No	D	Farr, Sam	CA 20^th
Aye	R	Valadao, David	CA 21^st
Aye	R	Nunes, Devin	CA 22^nd
Aye	R	McCarthy, Kevin	CA 23^rd
No	D	Capps, Lois	CA 24^th
Aye	R	McKeon, Buck	CA 25^th
No	D	Brownley, Julia	CA 26^th
No	D	Chu, Judy	CA 27^th
No	D	Schiff, Adam	CA 28^th
No	D	Cárdenas, Tony	CA 29^th
No	D	Sherman, Brad	CA 30^th
No Vote	R	Miller, Gary	CA 31^st
No	D	Napolitano, Grace	CA 32^nd
No	D	Waxman, Henry	CA 33^rd
No	D	Becerra, Xavier	CA 34^th
No	D	Negrete McLeod, Gloria	CA 35^th
No	D	Ruiz, Raul	CA 36^th
No Vote	D	Bass, Karen	CA 37^th
No	D	Sánchez, Linda	CA 38^th
Aye	R	Royce, Ed	CA 39^th
No	D	Roybal-Allard, Lucille	CA 40^th
No	D	Takano, Mark	CA 41^st
Aye	R	Calvert, Ken	CA 42^nd
No	D	Waters, Maxine	CA 43^rd
No	D	Hahn, Janice	CA 44^th
Aye	R	Campbell, John	CA 45^th
No	D	Sanchez, Loretta	CA 46^th
No	D	Lowenthal, Alan	CA 47^th
Aye	R	Rohrabacher, Dana	CA 48^th
Aye	R	Issa, Darrell	CA 49^th
Aye	R	Hunter, Duncan	CA 50^th
No	D	Vargas, Juan	CA 51^st
Aye	D	Peters, Scott	CA 52^nd
No	D	Davis, Susan	CA 53^rd
Colorado
No	D	DeGette, Diana	CO 1^st
Aye	D	Polis, Jared	CO 2^nd
Aye	R	Tipton, Scott	CO 3^rd
Aye	R	Gardner, Cory	CO 4^th
Aye	R	Lamborn, Doug	CO 5^th
Aye	R	Coffman, Mike	CO 6^th
No	D	Perlmutter, Ed	CO 7^th
Connecticut
No	D	Larson, John	CT 1^st
No	D	Courtney, Joe	CT 2^nd
No	D	DeLauro, Rosa	CT 3^rd
No	D	Himes, James	CT 4^th
No	D	Esty, Elizabeth	CT 5^th
Delaware
No	D	Carney, John	DE
Florida
Aye	R	Miller, Jeff	FL 1^st
Aye	R	Southerland, Steve	FL 2^nd
Aye	R	Yoho, Ted	FL 3^rd
Aye	R	Crenshaw, Ander	FL 4^th
No	D	Brown, Corrine	FL 5^th
Aye	R	DeSantis, Ron	FL 6^th
Aye	R	Mica, John	FL 7^th
Aye	R	Posey, Bill	FL 8^th
No	D	Grayson, Alan	FL 9^th
Aye	R	Webster, Daniel	FL 10^th
Aye	R	Nugent, Richard	FL 11^th
Aye	R	Bilirakis, Gus	FL 12^th
Aye	R	Young, W. Bill	FL 13^th
No	D	Castor, Kathy	FL 14^th
Aye	R	Ross, Dennis	FL 15^th
No	R	Buchanan, Vern	FL 16^th
Aye	R	Rooney, Thomas	FL 17^th
No	D	Murphy, Patrick	FL 18^th
Aye	R	Radel, Trey	FL 19^th
No	D	Hastings, Alcee	FL 20^th
No	D	Deutch, Theodore	FL 21^st
No	D	Frankel, Lois	FL 22^nd
No	D	Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	FL 23^rd
No	D	Wilson, Frederica	FL 24^th
Aye	R	Diaz-Balart, Mario	FL 25^th
Aye	D	Garcia, Joe	FL 26^th
Aye	R	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	FL 27^th
Georgia
Aye	R	Kingston, Jack	GA 1^st
No	D	Bishop, Sanford	GA 2^nd
No Vote	R	Westmoreland, Lynn	GA 3^rd
No Vote	D	Johnson, Hank	GA 4^th
No Vote	D	Lewis, John	GA 5^th
Aye	R	Price, Tom	GA 6^th
Aye	R	Woodall, Rob	GA 7^th
Aye	R	Scott, Austin	GA 8^th
Aye	R	Collins, Doug	GA 9^th
Aye	R	Broun, Paul	GA 10^th
Aye	R	Gingrey, Phil	GA 11^th
No	D	Barrow, John	GA 12^th
No	D	Scott, David	GA 13^th
No	R	Graves, Tom	GA 14^th
Hawaii
No	D	Hanabusa, Colleen	HI 1^st
No	D	Gabbard, Tulsi	HI 2^nd
Iowa
No	D	Braley, Bruce	IA 1^st
No	D	Loebsack, David	IA 2^nd
Aye	R	Latham, Tom	IA 3^rd
Aye	R	King, Steve	IA 4^th
Idaho
Aye	R	Labrador, Raúl	ID 1^st
Aye	R	Simpson, Mike	ID 2^nd
Illinois
No	D	Rush, Bobby	IL 1^st
No	D	Kelly, Robin	IL 2^nd
No	D	Lipinski, Daniel	IL 3^rd
No	D	Gutierrez, Luis	IL 4^th
No	D	Quigley, Mike	IL 5^th
Aye	R	Roskam, Peter	IL 6^th
No	D	Davis, Danny	IL 7^th
No	D	Duckworth, Tammy	IL 8^th
No	D	Schakowsky, Jan	IL 9^th
No	D	Schneider, Bradley	IL 10^th
No	D	Foster, Bill	IL 11^th
No	D	Enyart, William	IL 12^th

Vote	Party	Representative	District
Aye	R	Davis, Rodney	IL 13^th
Aye	R	Hultgren, Randy	IL 14^th
Aye	R	Shimkus, John	IL 15^th
Aye	R	Kinzinger, Adam	IL 16^th
No	D	Bustos, Cheri	IL 17^th
Aye	R	Schock, Aaron	IL 18^th
Indiana
No	D	Visclosky, Peter	IN 1^st
Aye	R	Walorski, Jackie	IN 2^nd
No	R	Stutzman, Marlin	IN 3^rd
Aye	R	Rokita, Todd	IN 4^th
Aye	R	Brooks, Susan	IN 5^th
Aye	R	Messer, Luke	IN 6^th
No	D	Carson, André	IN 7^th
Aye	R	Bucshon, Larry	IN 8^th
Aye	R	Young, Todd	IN 9^th
Kansas
Aye	R	Huelskamp, Tim	KS 1^st
Aye	R	Jenkins, Lynn	KS 2^nd
Aye	R	Yoder, Kevin	KS 3^rd
Aye	R	Pompeo, Mike	KS 4^th
Kentucky
Aye	R	Whitfield, Ed	KY 1^st
Aye	R	Guthrie, Brett	KY 2^nd
No	D	Yarmuth, John	KY 3^rd
Aye	R	Massie, Thomas	KY 4^th
Aye	R	Rogers, Hal	KY 5^th
Aye	R	Barr, Andy	KY 6^th
Louisiana
Aye	R	Scalise, Steve	LA 1^st
No	D	Richmond, Cedric	LA 2^nd
Aye	R	Boustany, Charles	LA 3^rd
Aye	R	Fleming, John	LA 4^th
Aye	R	Alexander, Rodney	LA 5^th
Aye	R	Cassidy, Bill	LA 6^th
Massachusetts
No	D	Neal, Richard	MA 1^st
No	D	McGovern, Jim	MA 2^nd
No	D	Tsongas, Niki	MA 3^rd
No	D	Kennedy, Joseph	MA 4^th
No Vote	D	Markey, Ed	MA 5^th
No	D	Tierney, John	MA 6^th
No	D	Capuano, Michael	MA 7^th
No	D	Lynch, Stephen	MA 8^th
No	D	Keating, William	MA 9^th
Maryland
Aye	R	Harris, Andy	MD 1^st
No	D	Ruppersberger, A. Dutch	MD 2^nd
No	D	Sarbanes, John	MD 3^rd
No	D	Edwards, Donna	MD 4^th
No	D	Hoyer, Steny	MD 5^th
No	D	Delaney, John	MD 6^th
No	D	Cummings, Elijah	MD 7^th
No	D	Van Hollen, Chris	MD 8^th
Maine
No	D	Pingree, Chellie	ME 1^st
No	D	Michaud, Michael	ME 2^nd
Michigan
Aye	R	Benishek, Dan	MI 1^st
Aye	R	Huizenga, Bill	MI 2^nd
Aye	R	Amash, Justin	MI 3^rd
Aye	R	Camp, Dave	MI 4^th
No	D	Kildee, Daniel	MI 5^th
Aye	R	Upton, Fred	MI 6^th
Aye	R	Walberg, Tim	MI 7^th
Aye	R	Rogers, Mike	MI 8^th
No	D	Levin, Sander	MI 9^th
Aye	R	Miller, Candice	MI 10^th
Aye	R	Bentivolio, Kerry	MI 11^th
No	D	Dingell, John	MI 12^th
No	D	Conyers, John	MI 13^th
No	D	Peters, Gary	MI 14^th
Minnesota
No	D	Walz, Timothy	MN 1^st
Aye	R	Kline, John	MN 2^nd
Aye	R	Paulsen, Erik	MN 3^rd
No	D	McCollum, Betty	MN 4^th
No	D	Ellison, Keith	MN 5^th
Aye	R	Bachmann, Michele	MN 6^th
No	D	Peterson, Collin	MN 7^th
No	D	Nolan, Richard	MN 8^th
Missouri
No	D	Clay, Lacy	MO 1^st
Aye	R	Wagner, Ann	MO 2^nd
Aye	R	Luetkemeyer, Blaine	MO 3^rd
Aye	R	Hartzler, Vicky	MO 4^th
No	D	Cleaver, Emanuel	MO 5^th
Aye	R	Graves, Sam	MO 6^th
Aye	R	Long, Billy	MO 7^th
Mississippi
Aye	R	Nunnelee, Alan	MS 1^st
No	D	Thompson, Bennie	MS 2^nd
Aye	R	Harper, Gregg	MS 3^rd
Aye	R	Palazzo, Steven	MS 4^th
Montana
Aye	R	Daines, Steve	MT
North Carolina
No	D	Butterfield, G.K.	NC 1^st
Aye	R	Ellmers, Renee	NC 2^nd
No	R	Jones, Walter	NC 3^rd
No	D	Price, David	NC 4^th
Aye	R	Foxx, Virginia	NC 5^th
Aye	R	Coble, Howard	NC 6^th
No	D	McIntyre, Mike	NC 7^th
Aye	R	Hudson, Richard	NC 8^th
Aye	R	Pittenger, Robert	NC 9^th
Aye	R	McHenry, Patrick	NC 10^th
Aye	R	Meadows, Mark	NC 11^th
No	D	Watt, Mel	NC 12^th
Aye	R	Holding, George	NC 13^th
North Dakota
Aye	R	Cramer, Kevin	ND
Nebraska
Aye	R	Fortenberry, Jeff	NE 1^st
Aye	R	Terry, Lee	NE 2^nd
Aye	R	Smith, Adrian	NE 3^rd
New Hampshire
No	D	Shea-Porter, Carol	NH 1^st
No	D	Kuster, Ann	NH 2^nd
New Jersey
No	D	Andrews, Rob	NJ 1^st
Aye	R	LoBiondo, Frank	NJ 2^nd
Aye	R	Runyan, Jon	NJ 3^rd
Aye	R	Smith, Chris	NJ 4^th
Aye	R	Garrett, Scott	NJ 5^th
No	D	Pallone, Frank	NJ 6^th
Aye	R	Lance, Leonard	NJ 7^th
No	D	Sires, Albio	NJ 8^th
No	D	Pascrell, Bill	NJ 9^th
No	D	Payne, Donald	NJ 10^th
Aye	R	Frelinghuysen, Rodney	NJ 11^th
No	D	Holt, Rush	NJ 12^th
New Mexico
No	D	Lujan Grisham, Michelle	NM 1^st
Aye	R	Pearce, Steve	NM 2^nd
No	D	Luján, Ben	NM 3^rd
Nevada
No	D	Titus, Dina	NV 1^st
Aye	R	Amodei, Mark	NV 2^nd
Aye	R	Heck, Joseph	NV 3^rd
No	D	Horsford, Steven	NV 4^th
New York
No	D	Bishop, Timothy	NY 1^st
Aye	R	King, Pete	NY 2^nd
No	D	Israel, Steve	NY 3^rd
No	D	McCarthy, Carolyn	NY 4^th
No	D	Meeks, Gregory	NY 5^th
No	D	Meng, Grace	NY 6^th
No	D	Velázquez, Nydia	NY 7^th
No	D	Jeffries, Hakeem	NY 8^th
No	D	Clarke, Yvette	NY 9^th
No	D	Nadler, Jerrold	NY 10^th
No	R	Grimm, Michael	NY 11^th
No	D	Maloney, Carolyn	NY 12^th
No	D	Rangel, Charles	NY 13^th
No	D	Crowley, Joseph	NY 14^th
No	D	Serrano, José	NY 15^th
No	D	Engel, Eliot	NY 16^th
No	D	Lowey, Nita	NY 17^th
No	D	Maloney, Sean	NY 18^th
No Vote	R	Gibson, Christopher	NY 19^th
No	D	Tonko, Paul	NY 20^th

Vote	Party	Representative	District
No	D	Owens, William	NY 21^st
Aye	R	Hanna, Richard	NY 22^nd
Aye	R	Reed, Tom	NY 23^rd
Aye	D	Maffei, Daniel	NY 24^th
No	D	Slaughter, Louise	NY 25^th
No	D	Higgins, Brian	NY 26^th
Aye	R	Collins, Chris	NY 27^th
Ohio
Aye	R	Chabot, Steve	OH 1^st
Aye	R	Wenstrup, Brad	OH 2^nd
No	D	Beatty, Joyce	OH 3^rd
Aye	R	Jordan, Jim	OH 4^th
Aye	R	Latta, Robert	OH 5^th
Aye	R	Johnson, Bill	OH 6^th
Aye	R	Gibbs, Bob	OH 7^th
Aye	R	Boehner, John	OH 8^th
No	D	Kaptur, Marcy	OH 9^th
Aye	R	Turner, Michael	OH 10^th
No	D	Fudge, Marcia	OH 11^th
Aye	R	Tiberi, Pat	OH 12^th
No	D	Ryan, Tim	OH 13^th
Aye	R	Joyce, David	OH 14^th
Aye	R	Stivers, Steve	OH 15^th
Aye	R	Renacci, James	OH 16^th
Oklahoma
Aye	R	Bridenstine, Jim	OK 1^st
Aye	R	Mullin, Markwayne	OK 2^nd
Aye	R	Lucas, Frank	OK 3^rd
No Vote	R	Cole, Tom	OK 4^th
Aye	R	Lankford, James	OK 5^th
Oregon
No	D	Bonamici, Suzanne	OR 1^st
Aye	R	Walden, Greg	OR 2^nd
No	D	Blumenauer, Earl	OR 3^rd
No	D	DeFazio, Peter	OR 4^th
No	D	Schrader, Kurt	OR 5^th
Pennsylvania
No	D	Brady, Robert	PA 1^st
No	D	Fattah, Chaka	PA 2^nd
Aye	R	Kelly, Mike	PA 3^rd
Aye	R	Perry, Scott	PA 4^th
Aye	R	Thompson, Glenn	PA 5^th
Aye	R	Gerlach, Jim	PA 6^th
Aye	R	Meehan, Patrick	PA 7^th
Aye	R	Fitzpatrick, Michael	PA 8^th
Aye	R	Shuster, Bill	PA 9^th
Aye	R	Marino, Tom	PA 10^th
Aye	R	Barletta, Lou	PA 11^th
Aye	R	Rothfus, Keith	PA 12^th
No	D	Schwartz, Allyson	PA 13^th
No	D	Doyle, Mike	PA 14^th
Aye	R	Dent, Charles	PA 15^th
Aye	R	Pitts, Joseph	PA 16^th
No	D	Cartwright, Matthew	PA 17^th
Aye	R	Murphy, Tim	PA 18^th
Rhode Island
No	D	Cicilline, David	RI 1^st
No	D	Langevin, Jim	RI 2^nd
South Carolina
Aye	R	Sanford, Mark	SC 1^st
Aye	R	Wilson, Joe	SC 2^nd
Aye	R	Duncan, Jeff	SC 3^rd
Aye	R	Gowdy, Trey	SC 4^th
Aye	R	Mulvaney, Mick	SC 5^th
No Vote	D	Clyburn, Jim	SC 6^th
Aye	R	Rice, Tom	SC 7^th
South Dakota
Aye	R	Noem, Kristi	SD
Tennessee
Aye	R	Roe, David	TN 1^st
Aye	R	Duncan, John	TN 2^nd
Aye	R	Fleischmann, Chuck	TN 3^rd
Aye	R	DesJarlais, Scott	TN 4^th
No	D	Cooper, Jim	TN 5^th
Aye	R	Black, Diane	TN 6^th
Aye	R	Blackburn, Marsha	TN 7^th
Aye	R	Fincher, Stephen	TN 8^th
No	D	Cohen, Steve	TN 9^th
Texas
No	R	Gohmert, Louie	TX 1^st
Aye	R	Poe, Ted	TX 2^nd
Aye	R	Johnson, Sam	TX 3^rd
Aye	R	Hall, Ralph	TX 4^th
Aye	R	Hensarling, Jeb	TX 5^th
Aye	R	Barton, Joe	TX 6^th
Aye	R	Culberson, John	TX 7^th
Aye	R	Brady, Kevin	TX 8^th
No	D	Green, Al	TX 9^th
Aye	R	McCaul, Michael	TX 10^th
Aye	R	Conaway, Michael	TX 11^th
Aye	R	Granger, Kay	TX 12^th
Aye	R	Thornberry, Mac	TX 13^th
Aye	R	Weber, Randy	TX 14^th
No	D	Hinojosa, Rubén	TX 15^th
No	D	O'Rourke, Beto	TX 16^th
Aye	R	Flores, Bill	TX 17^th
No	D	Jackson Lee, Sheila	TX 18^th
Aye	R	Neugebauer, Randy	TX 19^th
No	D	Castro, Joaquin	TX 20^th
Aye	R	Smith, Lamar	TX 21^st
Aye	R	Olson, Pete	TX 22^nd
No	D	Gallego, Pete	TX 23^rd
Aye	R	Marchant, Kenny	TX 24^th
Aye	R	Williams, Roger	TX 25^th
Aye	R	Burgess, Michael	TX 26^th
Aye	R	Farenthold, Blake	TX 27^th
No	D	Cuellar, Henry	TX 28^th
No	D	Green, Gene	TX 29^th
No	D	Johnson, Eddie	TX 30^th
Aye	R	Carter, John	TX 31^st
Aye	R	Sessions, Pete	TX 32^nd
No	D	Veasey, Marc	TX 33^rd
No	D	Vela, Filemon	TX 34^th
No	D	Doggett, Lloyd	TX 35^th
Aye	R	Stockman, Steve	TX 36^th
Utah
Aye	R	Bishop, Rob	UT 1^st
Aye	R	Stewart, Chris	UT 2^nd
Aye	R	Chaffetz, Jason	UT 3^rd
No	D	Matheson, Jim	UT 4^th
Virginia
Aye	R	Wittman, Robert	VA 1^st
Aye	R	Rigell, Scott	VA 2^nd
No	D	Scott, Bobby	VA 3^rd
Aye	R	Forbes, Randy	VA 4^th
Aye	R	Hurt, Robert	VA 5^th
Aye	R	Goodlatte, Bob	VA 6^th
Aye	R	Cantor, Eric	VA 7^th
No	D	Moran, Jim	VA 8^th
Aye	R	Griffith, Morgan	VA 9^th
No Vote	R	Wolf, Frank	VA 10^th
No	D	Connolly, Gerald	VA 11^th
Vermont
No	D	Welch, Peter	VT
Washington
No	D	DelBene, Suzan	WA 1^st
No	D	Larsen, Rick	WA 2^nd
No Vote	R	Herrera Beutler, Jaime	WA 3^rd
Aye	R	Hastings, Doc	WA 4^th
Aye	R	McMorris Rodgers, Cathy	WA 5^th
No	D	Kilmer, Derek	WA 6^th
No	D	McDermott, Jim	WA 7^th
Aye	R	Reichert, David	WA 8^th
No	D	Smith, Adam	WA 9^th
No	D	Heck, Denny	WA 10^th
Wisconsin
Aye	R	Ryan, Paul	WI 1^st
No	D	Pocan, Mark	WI 2^nd
No	D	Kind, Ron	WI 3^rd
No	D	Moore, Gwen	WI 4^th
Aye	R	Sensenbrenner, James	WI 5^th
Aye	R	Petri, Tom	WI 6^th
Aye	R	Duffy, Sean	WI 7^th
Aye	R	Ribble, Reid	WI 8^th
West Virginia
Aye	R	McKinley, David	WV 1^st
Aye	R	Capito, Shelley	WV 2^nd
No	D	Rahall, Nick	WV 3^rd
Wyoming
Aye	R	Lummis, Cynthia	WY

Notes

Where is the Speaker’s vote?

According to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings, except when such vote would be decisive.” In practice, this means the Speaker of the House rarely votes and only does so when it is politically useful. When the Speaker declines to vote, he or she is simply omitted from the roll call by the House Clerk.

What’s the difference between aye and yea?

There is no meaningful difference between aye and yea (and nay and no), but the terms are used in different sorts of votes based on Congress’s long tradition of parliamentary procedure. The House and Senate follow the U.S. Constitution strictly when it says that bills should be decided on by the “yeas and nays” (Article I, Section 7). The House sometimes operates under a special set of rules called the “Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union” (or “Committee of the Whole” for short), which is a sort of pseudo-committee that is made up of every congressman. During this mode of operation, the House uses the terms “aye” and “no” instead. (See the Rules of the House, Rule XX, and House Practice in the section Voting.)