Legislative Line Item Veto Act

109th Congress, 2nd Session

June 22, 2006

The bill authorizes the President to delete individual provisions of appropriations acts and tax and entitlement laws which he signs. This is a form of the line item veto which Republicans have long sought and which enhances presidential power as against Congress. The bill was approvided by a vote of 247-172 (14 not voting) with the support of 35 Democrats. Eighteen of those Democrats were members of the Blue Dog Coalition, and two (Rep. Harold Ford and Rep. Al Wynn) were members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Details are in the table below which can be sorted by column by clicking on Sort in a given column.

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Adam B. Schiff
Y
CA
29
D
BD
ND
Adam H. Putnam
Y
FL
12
R
Adam Smith
Y
WA
9
D
ND
Al Green
N
TX
9
D
B
Alan B. Mollohan
N
WV
1
D
Albert Russell Wynn
Y
MD
4
D
B
RURAL
Alcee L. Hastings
N
FL
23
D
B
Allen Boyd
Y
FL
2
D
BD
RURAL
Allyson Y. Schwartz
N
PA
13
D
ND
Ander Crenshaw
Y
FL
4
R
Anna G. Eshoo
N
CA
14
D
Anne M. Northup
N
KY
3
R
RSC
Anthony D. Weiner
N
NY
9
D
Artur Davis
N
AL
7
D
B
ND
Barbara Cubin
Y
WY
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
Barbara Lee
N
CA
9
D
B
P
Barney Frank
N
MA
4
D
P
Bart Gordon
Y
TN
6
D
Bart Stupak
N
MI
1
D
RURAL
Ben Chandler
Y
KY
6
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Benjamin L. Cardin
N
MD
3
D
Bennie G. Thompson
N
MS
2
D
B
P
RURAL
BERNARD SANDERS
N
VT
A-L
I
P
RURAL
Betty McCollum
N
MN
4
D
Bill Pascrell Jr.
N
NJ
8
D
Bill Shuster
Y
PA
9
R
RURAL
Bob Beauprez
Y
CO
7
R
RSC
Bob Etheridge
N
NC
2
D
ND
RURAL
Bob Filner
N
CA
51
D
P
Bob Goodlatte
Y
VA
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Bob Inglis
Y
SC
4
R
Bobby Jindal
Y
LA
1
R
RURAL
Bobby L. Rush
N
IL
1
D
B
P
Brad Miller
N
NC
13
D
Brad Sherman
N
CA
27
D
Brian Baird
N
WA
3
D
ND
RURAL
Brian Bilbray
Y
CA
50
R
Brian Higgins
N
NY
27
D
ND
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
N
MD
2
D
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter
N
ID
1
R
RURAL
C. W. Bill Young
Y
FL
10
R
Candice S. Miller
Y
MI
10
R
Carolyn B. Maloney
Y
NY
14
D
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
N
MI
13
D
B
Carolyn McCarthy
N
NY
4
D
ND
Cathy McMorris
Y
WA
5
R
Chaka Fattah
N
PA
2
D
B
P
Charles A. Gonzalez
N
TX
20
D
H
Charles B. Rangel
N
NY
15
D
B
Charles F. Bass
Y
NH
2
R
RURAL
Charles H. Taylor
Y
NC
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Charles W. Boustany Jr.
Y
LA
7
R
Charles W. Dent
Y
PA
15
R
Charles W. ``Chip'' Pickering
Y
MS
3
R
RURAL
Charlie Melancon
Y
LA
3
D
BD
Charlie Norwood
Y
GA
9
R
RSC
Chet Edwards
Y
TX
17
D
RURAL
Chris Cannon
Y
UT
3
R
Chris Chocola
Y
IN
2
R
RSC
Chris Van Hollen
N
MD
8
D
Christopher H. Smith
Y
NJ
4
R
Christopher Shays
NV
CT
4
R
Cliff Stearns
Y
FL
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Collin C. Peterson
N
MN
7
D
BD
RURAL
Connie Mack
Y
FL
14
R
Corrine Brown
N
FL
3
D
B
P
Curt Weldon
Y
PA
7
R
Cynthia McKinney
N
GA
4
D
B
Dale E. Kildee
N
MI
5
D
Dan Boren
Y
OK
2
D
BD
Dan Burton
Y
IN
5
R
RSC
Dana Rohrabacher
Y
CA
46
R
Daniel E. Lungren
Y
CA
3
R
Daniel Lipinski
N
IL
3
D
Danny K. Davis
N
IL
7
D
B
P
RURAL
Darlene Hooley
Y
OR
5
D
ND
RURAL
Darrell E. Issa
Y
CA
49
R
Dave Camp
Y
MI
4
R
RSC
Dave Weldon
Y
FL
15
R
RSC
David Dreier
Y
CA
26
R
David E. Price
N
NC
4
D
ND
David G. Reichert
Y
WA
8
R
David L. Hobson
N
OH
7
R
RURAL
David R. Obey
N
WI
7
D
David Scott
N
GA
13
D
B
BD
ND
David Wu
N
OR
1
D
ND
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
N
FL
20
D
Deborah Pryce
Y
OH
15
R
Dennis A. Cardoza
Y
CA
18
D
BD
Dennis J. Kucinich
N
OH
10
D
P
Dennis Moore
N
KS
3
D
BD
ND
Dennis R. Rehberg
Y
MT
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
Devin Nunes
Y
CA
21
R
Diana DeGette
N
CO
1
D
Diane E. Watson
N
CA
33
D
B
P
Doc Hastings
Y
WA
4
R
RURAL
Don Sherwood
Y
PA
10
R
Don Young
Y
AK
A-L
R
RURAL
Donald A. Manzullo
Y
IL
16
R
RURAL
Donald M. Payne
N
NJ
10
D
B
Doris Matsui
N
CA
5
D
Duncan Hunter
Y
CA
52
R
RSC
E. Clay Shaw Jr.
Y
FL
22
R
Earl Blumenauer
N
OR
3
D
Earl Pomeroy
N
ND
A-L
D
BD
RURAL
Ed Case
Y
HI
2
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Ed Pastor
N
AZ
4
D
H
P
RURAL
Ed Whitfield
Y
KY
1
R
RURAL
Eddie Bernice Johnson
N
TX
30
D
B
Edolphus Towns
N
NY
10
D
B
RURAL
Edward J. Markey
N
MA
7
D
Edward R. Royce
Y
CA
40
R
Elijah E. Cummings
N
MD
7
D
B
Eliot L. Engel
N
NY
17
D
ND
Ellen O. Tauscher
N
CA
10
D
BD
ND
Elton Gallegly
Y
CA
24
R
Emanuel Cleaver
N
MO
5
D
B
P
Eric Cantor
Y
VA
7
R
RSC
RURAL
Ernest J. Istook Jr.
Y
OK
5
R
RSC
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
Y
WI
5
R
Fortney Pete Stark
N
CA
13
D
P
Frank A. LoBiondo
Y
NJ
2
R
RURAL
Frank D. Lucas
Y
OK
3
R
RURAL
Frank Pallone Jr.
N
NJ
6
D
Frank R. Wolf
Y
VA
10
R
Fred Upton
Y
MI
6
R
G. K. Butterfield
N
NC
1
D
B
Gary G. Miller
Y
CA
42
R
RSC
Gary L. Ackerman
N
NY
5
D
Gene Green
N
TX
29
D
Gene Taylor
Y
MS
4
D
BD
RURAL
Geoff Davis
Y
KY
4
R
George Miller
NV
CA
7
D
P
George Radanovich
Y
CA
19
R
RSC
Gil Gutknecht
Y
MN
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Ginny Brown-Waite
Y
FL
5
R
Grace F. Napolitano
N
CA
38
D
H
Greg Walden
Y
OR
2
R
RURAL
Gregory W. Meeks
N
NY
6
D
B
ND
Gwen Moore
N
WI
4
D
B
Harold E. Ford Jr.
Y
TN
9
D
B
BD
ND
Harold Rogers
N
KY
5
R
RURAL
Heather Wilson
Y
NM
1
R
RURAL
Henry A. Waxman
N
CA
30
D
P
Henry Bonilla
Y
TX
23
R
H
Henry Cuellar
Y
TX
28
D
H
RURAL
Henry E. Brown Jr.
Y
SC
1
R
RSC
Henry J. Hyde
Y
IL
6
R
Hilda L. Solis
N
CA
32
D
H
P
Howard Coble
Y
NC
6
R
Howard L. Berman
NV
CA
28
D
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
Y
CA
25
R
Ike Skelton
N
MO
4
D
RURAL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Y
FL
18
R
H
J. D. Hayworth
Y
AZ
5
R
RSC
RURAL
J. Dennis Hastert
Y
IL
14
R
J. Gresham Barrett
Y
SC
3
R
RSC
J. Randy Forbes
Y
VA
4
R
RSC
Jack Kingston
Y
GA
1
R
James A. Leach
Y
IA
2
R
RURAL
James E. Clyburn
N
SC
6
D
B
RURAL
James L. Oberstar
N
MN
8
D
RURAL
James P. McGovern
N
MA
3
D
P
James P. Moran
N
VA
8
D
ND
James R. Langevin
Y
RI
2
D
James T. Walsh
N
NY
25
R
Jane Harman
N
CA
36
D
BD
ND
Janice D. Schakowsky
N
IL
9
D
P
Jay Inslee
Y
WA
1
D
ND
Jean Schmidt
Y
OH
2
R
Jeb Bradley
Y
NH
1
R
RURAL
Jeb Hensarling
Y
TX
5
R
RSC
Jeff Flake
Y
AZ
6
R
RSC
Jeff Fortenberry
Y
NE
1
R
Jeff Miller
Y
FL
1
R
RSC
Jerrold Nadler
N
NY
8
D
P
Jerry F. Costello
N
IL
12
D
RURAL
Jerry Lewis
N
CA
41
R
RSC
Jerry Moran
Y
KS
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Jerry Weller
Y
IL
11
R
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
N
IL
2
D
B
P
Jim Cooper
Y
TN
5
D
BD
Jim Costa
Y
CA
20
D
BD
Jim Davis
NV
FL
11
D
ND
Jim Gerlach
Y
PA
6
R
Jim Gibbons
Y
NV
2
R
RURAL
Jim Kolbe
Y
AZ
8
R
RURAL
Jim Marshall
Y
GA
3
D
Jim Matheson
Y
UT
2
D
BD
RURAL
Jim McCrery
Y
LA
4
R
RURAL
Jim McDermott
N
WA
7
D
P
Jim Nussle
Y
IA
1
R
Jim Ramstad
Y
MN
3
R
Jim Ryun
Y
KS
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Jim Saxton
Y
NJ
3
R
Jo Ann Davis
Y
VA
1
R
RSC
Jo Ann Emerson
N
MO
8
R
RURAL
Jo Bonner
Y
AL
1
R
Joe Baca
N
CA
43
D
H
BD
Joe Barton
Y
TX
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Joe Knollenberg
Y
MI
9
R
Joe Wilson
Y
SC
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Joel Hefley
Y
CO
5
R
John A. Boehner
Y
OH
8
R
John Abney Culberson
Y
TX
7
R
RSC
John B. Larson
N
CT
1
D
ND
John B. Shadegg
Y
AZ
3
R
RSC
John Barrow
Y
GA
12
D
BD
John Boozman
Y
AR
3
R
RSC
RURAL
John Campbell
Y
CA
48
R
RSC
John Conyers Jr.
N
MI
14
D
B
P
John D. Dingell
N
MI
15
D
John E. Peterson
Y
PA
5
R
RURAL
John E. Sweeney
N
NY
20
R
RURAL
John F. Tierney
N
MA
6
D
P
John J. Duncan Jr.
Y
TN
2
R
John J. H. ``Joe'' Schwarz
Y
MI
7
R
John Kline
Y
MN
2
R
RSC
John L. Mica
Y
FL
7
R
John Lewis
N
GA
5
D
B
P
John Linder
Y
GA
7
R
John M. McHugh
Y
NY
23
R
RURAL
John M. Spratt Jr.
N
SC
5
D
RURAL
John N. Hostettler
Y
IN
8
R
RSC
John P. Murtha
N
PA
12
D
John R. Carter
Y
TX
31
R
RSC
John R. ``Randy'' Kuhl Jr.
Y
NY
29
R
John S. Tanner
Y
TN
8
D
BD
RURAL
John Shimkus
Y
IL
19
R
RURAL
John Sullivan
Y
OK
1
R
RSC
John T. Doolittle
Y
CA
4
R
RSC
John T. Salazar
N
CO
3
D
H
BD
John W. Olver
N
MA
1
D
RURAL
Jon C. Porter
Y
NV
3
R
Joseph Crowley
N
NY
7
D
ND
Joseph R. Pitts
NV
PA
16
R
RSC
José E. Serrano
NV
NY
16
D
H
P
Juanita Millender-McDonald
N
CA
37
D
B
ND
RURAL
Judy Biggert
Y
IL
13
R
Julia Carson
N
IN
7
D
B
P
K. Michael Conaway
Y
TX
11
R
Katherine Harris
Y
FL
13
R
Kay Granger
Y
TX
12
R
Ken Calvert
Y
CA
44
R
Kendrick B. Meek
N
FL
17
D
B
Kenny C. Hulshof
Y
MO
9
R
RURAL
Kenny Marchant
Y
TX
24
R
Kevin Brady
Y
TX
8
R
RURAL
Lamar S. Smith
Y
TX
21
R
Lane Evans
NV
IL
17
D
P
RURAL
Lee Terry
Y
NE
2
R
RSC
Leonard L. Boswell
N
IA
3
D
BD
RURAL
Lincoln Davis
Y
TN
4
D
BD
RURAL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
21
R
H
Linda T. Sánchez
N
CA
39
D
H
Lloyd Doggett
NV
TX
25
D
Lois Capps
N
CA
23
D
ND
RURAL
Loretta Sanchez
N
CA
47
D
H
BD
ND
Louie Gohmert
Y
TX
1
R
Louise McIntosh Slaughter
N
NY
28
D
Lucille Roybal-Allard
N
CA
34
D
H
Luis V. Gutierrez
N
IL
4
D
H
P
Lynn A. Westmoreland
Y
GA
8
R
Lynn C. Woolsey
N
CA
6
D
P
Mac Thornberry
Y
TX
13
R
RSC
RURAL
Major R. Owens
NV
NY
11
D
B
P
Marcy Kaptur
N
OH
9
D
P
RURAL
Marilyn N. Musgrave
Y
CO
4
R
RSC
Mario Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
25
R
H
RSC
Marion Berry
N
AR
1
D
BD
RURAL
Mark E. Souder
Y
IN
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Mark Foley
Y
FL
16
R
RURAL
Mark Green
Y
WI
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Mark R. Kennedy
Y
MN
6
R
RURAL
Mark Steven Kirk
Y
IL
10
R
Mark Udall
Y
CO
2
D
Marsha Blackburn
Y
TN
7
R
RSC
Martin Olav Sabo
N
MN
5
D
Martin T. Meehan
N
MA
5
D
Mary Bono
Y
CA
45
R
RURAL
Maurice D. Hinchey
N
NY
22
D
P
RURAL
Maxine Waters
NV
CA
35
D
B
P
Melissa A. Hart
Y
PA
4
R
Melissa L. Bean
Y
IL
8
D
Melvin L. Watt
N
NC
12
D
B
P
Michael Bilirakis
Y
FL
9
R
Michael C. Burgess
Y
TX
26
R
RSC
Michael E. Capuano
N
MA
8
D
P
Michael E. Sodrel
Y
IN
9
R
Michael F. Doyle
N
PA
14
D
Michael G. Fitzpatrick
Y
PA
8
R
Michael G. Oxley
NV
OH
4
R
Michael H. Michaud
N
ME
2
D
BD
Michael K. Simpson
N
ID
2
R
RURAL
Michael M. Honda
N
CA
15
D
Michael N. Castle
Y
DE
A-L
R
Michael R. McNulty
N
NY
21
D
Michael R. Turner
Y
OH
3
R
Michael T. McCaul
Y
TX
10
R
Mike Ferguson
Y
NJ
7
R
Mike McIntyre
Y
NC
7
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Mike Pence
Y
IN
6
R
RSC
Mike Rogers
Y
MI
8
R
Mike Rogers
N
AL
3
R
Mike Ross
Y
AR
4
D
BD
RURAL
Mike Thompson
N
CA
1
D
BD
RURAL
Nancy L. Johnson
Y
CT
5
R
RURAL
Nancy Pelosi
N
CA
8
D
P
Nathan Deal
Y
GA
10
R
RURAL
Neil Abercrombie
N
HI
1
D
P
Nick J. Rahall II
N
WV
3
D
RURAL
Nita M. Lowey
N
NY
18
D
Norman D. Dicks
N
WA
6
D
Nydia M. Velázquez
N
NY
12
D
H
P
Patrick J. Kennedy
N
RI
1
D
Patrick J. Tiberi
Y
OH
12
R
RSC
Patrick T. McHenry
Y
NC
10
R
Paul E. Gillmor
Y
OH
5
R
RURAL
Paul E. Kanjorski
N
PA
11
D
RURAL
Paul Ryan
Y
WI
1
R
RSC
Pete Sessions
Y
TX
32
R
RSC
Peter A. DeFazio
Y
OR
4
D
P
RURAL
Peter Hoekstra
Y
MI
2
R
Peter J. Visclosky
N
IN
1
D
RURAL
Peter T. King
Y
NY
3
R
Phil English
Y
PA
3
R
RURAL
Phil Gingrey
Y
GA
11
R
RSC
Rahm Emanuel
N
IL
5
D
ND
Ralph M. Hall
Y
TX
4
R
RURAL
Ralph Regula
Y
OH
16
R
Randy Neugebauer
Y
TX
19
R
RURAL
Raúl M. Grijalva
N
AZ
7
D
H
P
Ray LaHood
Y
IL
18
R
RURAL
Ric Keller
Y
FL
8
R
Richard E. Neal
N
MA
2
D
Richard H. Baker
Y
LA
6
R
RURAL
Richard W. Pombo
Y
CA
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Rick Boucher
N
VA
9
D
RURAL
Rick Larsen
N
WA
2
D
ND
Rick Renzi
Y
AZ
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Rob Bishop
Y
UT
1
R
Rob Simmons
N
CT
2
R
Robert A. Brady
N
PA
1
D
Robert B. Aderholt
N
AL
4
R
RSC
RURAL
Robert C. Scott
N
VA
3
D
B
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
N
AL
5
D
BD
Robert E. Andrews
Y
NJ
1
D
Robert W. Ney
Y
OH
18
R
RURAL
Robert Wexler
N
FL
19
D
Robin Hayes
Y
NC
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Rodney Alexander
Y
LA
5
R
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Y
NJ
11
R
Roger F. Wicker
Y
MS
1
R
RURAL
Ron Kind
N
WI
3
D
ND
RURAL
Ron Lewis
Y
KY
2
R
RURAL
Ron Paul
N
TX
14
R
RURAL
Rosa L. DeLauro
N
CT
3
D
P
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Y
MD
6
R
RSC
Roy Blunt
Y
MO
7
R
RURAL
Rubén Hinojosa
N
TX
15
D
H
Rush D. Holt
N
NJ
12
D
ND
Russ Carnahan
N
MO
3
D
ND
Sam Farr
N
CA
17
D
P
Sam Graves
Y
MO
6
R
RURAL
Sam Johnson
NV
TX
3
R
RSC
Sander M. Levin
N
MI
12
D
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
N
GA
2
D
B
BD
RURAL
Scott Garrett
Y
NJ
5
R
RSC
Sheila Jackson-Lee
N
TX
18
D
B
P
Shelley Berkley
NV
NV
1
D
ND
Shelley Moore Capito
Y
WV
2
R
RURAL
Sherrod Brown
Y
OH
13
D
P
Sherwood Boehlert
Y
NY
24
R
RURAL
Silvestre Reyes
N
TX
16
D
H
Solomon P. Ortiz
N
TX
27
D
H
Spencer Bachus
Y
AL
6
R
RSC
Steny H. Hoyer
N
MD
5
D
RURAL
Stephanie Herseth
Y
SD
A-L
D
BD
ND
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
N
OH
11
D
B
P
Stephen F. Lynch
N
MA
9
D
Stevan Pearce
Y
NM
2
R
Steve Buyer
N
IN
4
R
Steve Chabot
Y
OH
1
R
RSC
Steve Israel
N
NY
2
D
BD
ND
Steve King
Y
IA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Steven C. LaTourette
Y
OH
14
R
Steven R. Rothman
N
NJ
9
D
Sue W. Kelly
Y
NY
19
R
Sue Wilkins Myrick
Y
NC
9
R
RSC
Susan A. Davis
N
CA
53
D
Tammy Baldwin
N
WI
2
D
P
Ted Poe
Y
TX
2
R
Ted Strickland
Y
OH
6
D
RURAL
Terry Everett
Y
AL
2
R
RURAL
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Y
MI
11
R
Thelma D. Drake
Y
VA
2
R
RSC
Thomas E. Petri
Y
WI
6
R
RURAL
Thomas G. Tancredo
Y
CO
6
R
RSC
Thomas H. Allen
N
ME
1
D
RURAL
Thomas M. Reynolds
Y
NY
26
R
RSC
RURAL
Tim Holden
N
PA
17
D
BD
Tim Murphy
Y
PA
18
R
RSC
Tim Ryan
N
OH
17
D
Timothy H. Bishop
N
NY
1
D
Timothy V. Johnson
Y
IL
15
R
RURAL
Todd Russell Platts
Y
PA
19
R
Todd Tiahrt
Y
KS
4
R
RSC
Tom Cole
Y
OK
4
R
RSC
Tom Davis
Y
VA
11
R
Tom Feeney
Y
FL
24
R
RSC
Tom Lantos
N
CA
12
D
P
Tom Latham
Y
IA
4
R
RURAL
Tom Osborne
Y
NE
3
R
RURAL
Tom Price
Y
GA
6
R
Tom Udall
N
NM
3
D
P
ND
RURAL
Trent Franks
Y
AZ
2
R
RSC
Vernon J. Ehlers
Y
MI
3
R
Vic Snyder
N
AR
2
D
RURAL
Virgil H. Goode Jr.
Y
VA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Virginia Foxx
Y
NC
5
R
Vito Fossella
Y
NY
13
R
W. Todd Akin
Y
MO
2
R
RSC
Wally Herger
Y
CA
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Walter B. Jones
N
NC
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Wayne T. Gilchrest
Y
MD
1
R
RURAL
William D. Delahunt
Y
MA
10
D
RURAL
William J. Jefferson
NV
LA
2
D
B
William L. Jenkins
Y
TN
1
R
RURAL
William M. Thomas
Y
CA
22
R
Wm. Lacy Clay
N
MO
1
D
B
P
Xavier Becerra
N
CA
31
D
P
Zach Wamp
Y
TN
3
R
RURAL
Zoe Lofgren
N
CA
16
D

Source: Clerk of the House, Web pages of the caucuses, file sent by staff for Blue Dogs.

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