Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): Became law on March 23, 2010.
What it does, in brief
- Created insurance marketplaces with income-based help paying premiums.
- Let states expand Medicaid to more low-income adults.
- Barred insurers from refusing coverage or charging more because of a pre-existing condition.
- Required most people to have coverage and larger employers to offer it.
Full text and history on Congress.gov
House: March 21, 2010
House vote to agree to the Senate version. Result: 219 to 212. Official roll call
Of today’s members, 58 voted yes and 34 voted no in this roll call. Members who were not in office then are not listed.
Voted yes
- Tammy Baldwin
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- André Carson
- Kathy Castor
- Judy Chu
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Emanuel Cleaver
- James E. Clyburn
- Steve Cohen
- Jim Costa
- Joe Courtney
- Henry Cuellar
- Danny K. Davis
- Diana DeGette
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Lloyd Doggett
- Bill Foster
- John Garamendi
- Al Green
- Martin Heinrich
- James A. Himes
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Steny H. Hoyer
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Marcy Kaptur
- Rick Larsen
- John B. Larson
- Zoe Lofgren
- Ben Ray Luján
- Edward J. Markey
- Doris O. Matsui
- Betty McCollum
- James P. McGovern
- Gregory W. Meeks
- Gwen Moore
- Christopher Murphy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Richard E. Neal
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Nancy Pelosi
- Gary C. Peters
- Chellie Pingree
- Mike Quigley
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Adam B. Schiff
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Brad Sherman
- Adam Smith
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Mike Thompson
- Dina Titus
- Paul Tonko
- Chris Van Hollen
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Maxine Waters
- Peter Welch
Voted no
- Robert B. Aderholt
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Marsha Blackburn
- John Boozman
- Vern Buchanan
- Ken Calvert
- Shelley Moore Capito
- John R. Carter
- Bill Cassidy
- Tom Cole
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Virginia Foxx
- Sam Graves
- Brett Guthrie
- Darrell Issa
- Jim Jordan
- Robert E. Latta
- Frank D. Lucas
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Michael T. McCaul
- Tom McClintock
- Jerry Moran
- Harold Rogers
- Mike Rogers
- Steve Scalise
- Pete Sessions
- Michael K. Simpson
- Adrian Smith
- Christopher H. Smith
- Glenn Thompson
- Michael R. Turner
- Joe Wilson
- Robert J. Wittman
Senate: December 24, 2009
Senate vote to pass the bill. Result: 60 to 39. Official roll call
Of today’s members, 14 voted yes and 10 voted no in this roll call. Members who were not in office then are not listed.
Voted yes
- Michael F. Bennet
- Maria Cantwell
- Richard J. Durbin
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jeff Merkley
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Mark R. Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Voted no
- John Barrasso
- Susan M. Collins
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Chuck Grassley
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- James E. Risch
- John Thune
- Roger F. Wicker
Open the interactive bill page: who lobbied on it, and every member’s vote