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Oct. 2002 Congressional Votes Authorizing the President
to Use Military Force Against Iraq
On Oct. 10 and 11, 2002, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, respectively, voted on HJRes 114, the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" (58 KB) . This legislation, authorizing President George W. Bush to "use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" against Iraq, was passed by 70% of the House and Senate.
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I. Congressional Vote Totals
Ayes
Not Voting/
Vacant Seat
US House of Representatives -
Republican 215
Independent 0
House Totals (% of Totals)
US Senate -
Republican 48
Senate Totals (% of Totals) 77 (77%)
Congressional Totals (% of Totals) 373 (70%)
II. US House of Representatives Vote Count (Vote date: Oct. 10, 2002)
Ayes (296)
Nays (133)
Ackerman (D-NY)
Aderholt (R-AL)
Akin (R-MO)
Andrews (D-NJ)
Armey (R-TX)
Bachus (R-AL)
Baker (R-LA)
Ballenger (R-NC)
Barcia (D-MI)
Barr (R-GA)
Bartlett (R-MD)
Barton (R-TX)
Bass (R-NH)
Bentsen (D-TX)
Bereuter (R-NE)
Berkley (D-NV)
Berman (D-CA)
Berry (D-AR)
Biggert (R-IL)
Bilirakis (R-FL)
Bishop (D-GA)
Blagojevich (D-IL)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boehlert (R-NY)
Boehner (R-OH)
Bonilla (R-TX)
Bono (R-CA)
Boozman (R-AR)
Borski (D-PA)
Boswell (D-IA)
Boucher (D-VA)
Boyd (D-FL)
Brady (R-TX)
Brown (R-SC)
Bryant (R-TN)
Burr (R-NC)
Burton (R-IN)
Buyer (R-IN)
Callahan (R-AL)
Calvert (R-CA)
Camp (R-MI)
Cannon (R-UT)
Cantor (R-VA)
Capito (R-WV)
Carson (D-OK)
Castle (R-DE)
Chabot (R-OH)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Clement (D-TN)
Coble (R-NC)
Collins (R-GA)
Combest (R-TX)
Cooksey (R-LA)
Cox (R-CA)
Cramer (D-AL)
Crane (R-IL)
Crenshaw (R-FL)
Crowley (D-NY)
Cubin (R-WY)
Culberson (R-TX)
Cunningham (R-CA)
Davis (D-FL)
Davis, Jo Ann (R-VA)
Davis, Tom (R-VA)
Deal (R-GA)
DeLay (R-TX)
DeMint (R-SC)
Deutsch (D-FL)
Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Dicks (D-WA)
Dooley (D-CA)
Doolittle (R-CA)
Dreier (R-CA)
Dunn (R-WA)
Edwards (D-TX)
Ehlers (R-MI)
Ehrlich (R-MD)
Emerson (R-MO)
Engel (D-NY)
English (R-PA)
Etheridge (D-NC)
Everett (R-AL)
Ferguson (R-NJ)
Flake (R-AZ)
Fletcher (R-KY)
Foley (R-FL)
Forbes (R-VA)
Ford (D-TN)
Fossella (R-NY)
Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
Frost (D-TX)
Gallegly (R-CA)
Ganske (R-IA)
Gekas (R-PA)
Gephardt (D-MO)
Gibbons (R-NV)
Gilchrest (R-MD)
Gillmor (R-OH)
Gilman (R-NY)
Goode (R-VA)
Goodlatte (R-VA)
Gordon (D-TN)
Goss (R-FL)
Graham (R-SC)
Granger (R-TX)
Graves (R-MO)
Green (D-TX)
Green (R-WI)
Greenwood (R-PA)
Grucci (R-NY)
Gutknecht (R-MN)
Hall (R-TX)
Hansen (R-UT)
Harman (D-CA)
Hart (R-PA)
Hastert (R-IL)
Hastings (R-WA)
Hayes (R-NC)
Hayworth (R-AZ)
Hefley (R-CO)
Herger (R-CA)
Hill (D-IN)
Hilleary (R-TN)
Hobson (R-OH)
Hoeffel (D-PA)
Hoekstra (R-MI)
Holden (D-PA)
Horn (R-CA)
Hoyer (D-MD)
Hulshof (R-MO)
Hunter (R-CA)
Hyde (R-IL)
Isakson (R-GA)
Israel (D-NY)
Issa (R-CA)
Istook (R-OK)
Jefferson (D-LA)
Jenkins (R-TN)
John (D-LA)
Johnson (R-CT)
Johnson (R-TX)
Johnson (R-IL)
Jones (R-NC)
Kanjorski (D-PA)
Keller (R-FL)
Kelly (R-NY)
Kennedy (R-MN)
Kennedy (D-RI)
Kerns (R-IN)
Kind (D-WI)
King (R-NY)
Kingston (R-GA)
Kirk (R-IL)
Knollenberg (R-MI)
Kolbe (R-AZ)
LaHood (R-IL)
Lampson (D-TX)
Lantos (D-CA)
Latham (R-IA)
LaTourette (R-OH)
Lewis (R-CA)
Lewis (R-KY)
Linder (R-GA)
LoBiondo (R-NJ)
Lowey (D-NY)
Lucas (D-KY)
Lucas (R-OK)
Luther (D-MN)
Lynch (D-MA)
Maloney (D-NY)
Manzullo (R-IL)
Markey (D-MA)
Mascara (D-PA)
Matheson (D-UT)
McCarthy (D-NY)
McCrery (R-LA)
McHugh (R-NY)
McInnis (R-CO)
McIntyre (D-NC)
McKeon (R-CA)
McNulty (D-NY)
Meehan (D-MA)
Mica (R-FL)
Miller (R-FL)
Miller (R-CA)
Moore (D-KS)
Moran (R-KS)
Murtha (D-PA)
Myrick (R-NC)
Nethercutt (R-WA)
Ney (R-OH)
Northup (R-KY)
Norwood (R-GA)
Nussle (R-IA)
Osborne (R-NE)
Ose (R-CA)
Otter (R-ID)
Oxley (R-OH)
Pascrell (D-NJ)
Pence (R-IN)
Peterson (D-MN)
Peterson (R-PA)
Petri (R-WI)
Phelps (D-IL)
Pickering (R-MS)
Pitts (R-PA)
Platts (R-PA)
Pombo (R-CA)
Pomeroy (D-ND)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryce (R-OH)
Putnam (R-FL)
Quinn (R-NY)
Radanovich (R-CA)
Ramstad (R-MN)
Regula (R-OH)
Rehberg (R-MT)
Reynolds (R-NY)
Riley (R-AL)
Roemer (D-IN)
Rogers (R-KY)
Rogers (R-MI)
Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Ross (D-AR)
Rothman (D-NJ)
Royce (R-CA)
Ryan (R-WI)
Ryun (R-KS)
Sandlin (D-TX)
Saxton (R-NJ)
Schaffer (R-CO)
Schiff (D-CA)
Schrock (R-VA)
Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Sessions (R-TX)
Shadegg (R-AZ)
Shaw (R-FL)
Shays (R-CT)
Sherman (D-CA)
Sherwood (R-PA)
Shimkus (R-IL)
Shows (D-MS)
Shuster (R-PA)
Simmons (R-CT)
Simpson (R-ID)
Skeen (R-NM)
Skelton (D-MO)
Smith (R-NJ)
Smith (R-TX)
Smith (R-MI)
Smith (D-WA)
Souder (R-IN)
Spratt (D-SC)
Stearns (R-FL)
Stenholm (D-TX)
Sullivan (R-OK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Sweeney (R-NY)
Tancredo (R-CO)
Tanner (D-TN)
Tauscher (D-CA)
Tauzin (R-LA)
Taylor (D-MS)
Taylor (R-NC)
Terry (R-NE)
Thomas (R-CA)
Thornberry (R-TX)
Thune (R-SD)
Thurman (D-FL)
Tiahrt (R-KS)
Tiberi (R-OH)
Toomey (R-PA)
Turner (D-TX)
Upton (R-MI)
Vitter (R-LA)
Walden (R-OR)
Walsh (R-NY)
Wamp (R-TN)
Watkins (R-OK)
Watts (R-OK)
Waxman (D-CA)
Weiner (D-NY)
Weldon (R-FL)
Weldon (R-PA)
Weller (R-IL)
Wexler (D-FL)
Whitfield (R-KY)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wilson (R-SC)
Wilson (R-NM)
Wolf (R-VA)
Wynn (D-MD)
Young (R-FL)
Young (R-AK)
Abercrombie (D-HI)
Allen (D-ME)
Baca (D-CA)
Baird (D-WA)
Baldacci (D-ME)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrett (D-WI)
Becerra (D-CA)
Blumenauer (D-OR)
Bonior (D-MI)
Brady (D-PA)
Brown (D-FL)
Brown (D-OH)
Capps (D-CA)
Capuano (D-MA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carson (D-IN)
Clay (D-MO)
Clayton (D-NC)
Clyburn (D-SC)
Condit (D-CA)
Conyers (D-MI)
Costello (D-IL)
Coyne (D-PA)
Cummings (D-MD)
Davis (D-IL)
Davis (D-CA)
DeFazio (D-OR)
DeGette (D-CO)
Delahunt (D-MA)
DeLauro (D-CT)
Dingell (D-MI)
Doggett (D-TX)
Doyle (D-PA)
Duncan (R-TN)
Eshoo (D-CA)
Evans (D-IL)
Farr (D-CA)
Fattah (D-PA)
Filner (D-CA)
Frank (D-MA)
Gonzalez (D-TX)
Gutierrez (D-IL)
Hastings (D-FL)
Hilliard (D-AL)
Hinchey (D-NY)
Hinojosa (D-TX)
Holt (D-NJ)
Honda (D-CA)
Hooley (D-OR)
Hostettler (R-IN)
Houghton (R-NY)
Inslee (D-WA)
Jackson (D-IL)
Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Johnson, E.B. (D-TX)
Jones (D-OH)
Kaptur (D-OH)
Kildee (D-MI)
Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Kleczka (D-WI)
Kucinich (D-OH)
LaFalce (D-NY)
Langevin (D-RI)
Larsen (D-WA)
Larson (D-CT)
Leach (R-IA)
Lee (D-CA)
Levin (D-MI)
Lewis (D-GA)
Lipinski (D-IL)
Lofgren (D-CA)
Maloney (D-CT)
Matsui (D-CA)
McCarthy (D-MO)
McCollum (D-MN)
McDermott (D-WA)
McGovern (D-MA)
McKinney (D-GA)
Meek (D-FL)
Meeks (D-NY)
Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Miller, George (D-CA)
Mollohan (D-WV)
Moran (D-VA)
Morella (R-MD)
Nadler (D-NY)
Napolitano (D-CA)
Neal (D-MA)
Oberstar (D-MN)
Obey (D-WI)
Olver (D-MA)
Owens (D-NY)
Pallone (D-NJ)
Pastor (D-AZ)
Paul (R-TX)
Payne (D-NJ)
Pelosi (D-CA)
Price (D-NC)
Rahall (D-WV)
Rangel (D-NY)
Reyes (D-TX)
Rivers (D-MI)
Rodriguez (D-TX)
Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Rush (D-IL)
Sabo (D-MN)
Sanchez (D-CA)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sawyer (D-OH)
Schakowsky (D-IL)
Scott (D-VA)
Serrano (D-NY)
Slaughter (D-NY)
Snyder (D-AR)
Solis (D-CA)
Stark (D-CA)
Strickland (D-OH)
Stupak (D-MI)
Thompson (D-MS)
Thompson (D-CA)
Tierney (D-MA)
Towns (D-NY)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Velazquez (D-NY)
Visclosky (D-IN)
Waters (D-CA)
Watson (D-CA)
Watt (D-NC)
Woolsey (D-CA)
Wu (D-OR)
Not Voting (3)
Ortiz (D-TX) Roukema (R-NJ) Stump (R-AZ)
Vacant Seats (3)
OH-17th district OH-3rd district HI-2nd district
III. US Senate Vote Count (Vote date: Oct. 11, 2002)
Ayes (77)
Nays (23)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Cleland (D-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daschle (D-SD)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Edwards (D-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Helms (R-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchinson (R-AR)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Santorum (R-PA)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-NH)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thompson (R-TN)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee (R-RI)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Graham (D-FL)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
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Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)
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