How much support did Rep. Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill Get? Check out the Co-sponsors
I’ll keep it brief, but Rep. Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill (HR 459) garnered significant bi-partisan co-sponsorship showing that his legislation truly crosses party lines. According to Rep. Paul’s government website, this is the list:
Audit the Fed Cosponsors – 112thCongress Bold=Original Cosponsor Italics = Democrat 1 Mike Coffman 21 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 41 David McKinley 2 Glenn Thompson 22 Mike Simpson 42 Frank LoBiondo 3 Rodney Alexander 23 Adrian Smith 43 Gary Miller 4 Tom McClintock 24 Doug Lamborn 44 Jeff Miller 5 Gus Bilirakis 25 Lamar Smith 45 C. W. Bill Young 6 Spencer Bachus 26 Denny Rehberg 46 Randy Forbes 7 Jason Chaffetz 27 Sue Myrick 47 Scott Garrett 8 Jeff Fortenberry 28 Buck McKeon 48 Jim Gerlach 9 Steven LaTourette 29 Robert Wittman 49 Louie Gohmert 10 Dan Burton 30 Marsha Blackburn 50 Bill Huizenga 11 Bill Posey 31 Kenny Marchant 51 Blaine Luetkemeyer 12 Walter Jones 32 Elton Gallegly 52 Dennis Kucinich 13 Tom Reed 33 Marcy Kaptur 53 Don Young 14 Paul Broun 34 Lynn Woolsey 54 John Campbell 15 Dean Heller 35 Aaron Schock 55 Tom Petri 16 Joe Barton 36 Michael Burgess 56 Roscoe Bartlett 17 Rob Woodall 37 Dennis Ross 57 Lynn Westmoreland 18 Michael McCaul 38 Ken Calvert 58 David Schweikert 19 Dana Rohrabacher 39 Bill Flores 59 James Lankford 20 Leonard Lance 40 Tom Graves 60 Vern Buchanan 61 Justin Amash 81 Thaddeus McCotter 101 Donald Manzullo 62 John Duncan 82 Joe Wilson 102 Michael Michaud 63 Francisco Canseco 83 Tammy Baldwin 103 Mike Rogers (MI) 64 Scott Rigell 84 Tim Johnson 104 Todd Young 65 Rich Nugent 85 Bob Goodlatte 105 Jared Polis 66 Mick Mulvaney 86 Chris Gibson 106 Joseph Heck 67 John Carter 87 Tom Latham 107 Jaime Herrera Beutler 68 Geoff Davis 88 Tom Marino 108 Virginia Foxx 69 Mike Ross 89 Lee Terry 109 Steve Austria 70 David Dreier 90 Lynn Jenkins 110 Cliff Stearns 71 Stephen Lee Fincher 91 Reid Ribble 111 Judy Biggert 72 Tim Walberg 92 Marlin Stutzman 112 Cynthia Lummis 73 Sandy Adams 93 Kurt Schrader 113 Jeff Flake 74 F. James Sensenbrenner 94 Sam Johnson 114 Blake Farenthold 75 Lou Barletta 95 Andy Harris 115 John Conyers 76 Kay Granger 96 Trey Gowdy 116 Tim Murphy 77 Connie Mack 97 Ander Crenshaw 117 Pete Visclosky 78 Mack Thornberry 98 Peter DeFazio 118 Scott Tipton 79 Jason Altmire 99 Morgan Griffith 119 Robert Schilling 80 Joe Walsh 100 Jack Kingston 120 John Kline 121 Sam Graves 141 Raul Labrador 161 Tom Price 122 Tim Griffin 142 Larry Kissell 162 Jim McGovern 123 Michele Bachmann 143 Mike Rogers (AL) 163 Frank Wolf 124 Steve Austria 144 Tom Cole 164 Zoe Lofgren 125 Randy Neugebauer 145 Todd Rokita 165 Maurice Hinchey 126 John Shimkus 146 Dan Benishek 166 Patrick Meehan 127 Rodney Frelinghuysen 147 Mike Kelly 167 Mike Pompeo 128 Wally Herger 148 Kevin McCarthy 168 Peter Roskam 129 Jeff Duncan 149 Charles Boustany 169 Paul Gosar 130 Todd Platts 150 Bill Shuster 170 Kevin Yoder 131 Frank Guinta 151 Michael Turner 171 Candice Miller 132 John Culberson 152 Steven Rothman 172 Phil Roe 133 Jon Runyan 153 Robert Hurt 173 Sean Duffy 134 Cory Gardner 154 Patrick Tiberi 174 Phil Gingrey 135 John Tierney 155 Randy Hultgren 175 Austin Scott 136 John Yarmuth 156 John Sullivan 176 Steve Womack 137 Pete Stark 157 Todd Akin 177 Tom Rooney 138 Tim Huelskamp 158 Peter Welch 178 Dave Camp 139 Robert Latta 159 Jo Bonner 179 Brett Guthrie 140 David Wu 160 Brian Bilbray 180 Tim Scott 181 Vicky Hartzler 201 Ben Quayle 221 Adam Kinzinger 182 Mike Fitzpatrick 202 Jean Schmidt 222 Howard Coble 183 Kristi Noem 203 Mo Brooks 223 Ralph Hall 184 John Barrow 204 Diane Black 224 Collin Peterson 185 Steve Scalise 205 Rob Bishop 225 Daniel Lungren 186 David Loebsack 206 Fred Upton 226 Daniel Webster 187 Allen West 207 Rick Crawford 227 Bill Johnson 188 Michael Grimm 208 Sanford Bishop 228 Mike Pence 189 Frank Lucas 209 Bill Cassidy 229 Paul Tonko 190 Gene Green 210 Steve Pearce 230 Harold Rogers 191 Greg Walden 211 Dan Lipinski 231 Jo Ann Emerson 192 Chip Cravaak 212 Michael Conoway 232 Charles Fleischmann 193 Jeff Landry 213 Ruben Hinojosa 233 Gregg Harper 194 Jackie Speier 214 Alan Nunnelee 234 Shelley Moore Capito 195 Erik Paulsen 215 John Mica 235 Steve King 196 Mark Amodei 216 Bob Gibbs 236 Leonard Boswell 197 Mary Bono Mack 217 Steve Stivers 237 Charles Dent 198 Rick Berg 218 Charles Bass 238 Ben Chandler 199 Jerry Lewis 219 Jim McDermott 239 Jim Jordan 200 Ted Poe 220 Chris Smith 240 Mario Diaz-Balart 241 John Fleming 261 Ann Marie Buerkle 242 Billy Long 262 Pete Olson 243 Scott DesJarlais 263 Brad Sherman 244 Renee Ellmers 264 Hansen Clarke 245 Ed Whitfield 265 Raul Grijalva 246 Duncan Hunter 266 Larry Bucshon 247 Patrick McHenry 267 Doc Hastings 248 Jeff Dunham 268 Chellie Pengree 249 Trent Franks 269 Shelley Berkley 250 Steven Chabot 270 Adam Schiff 251 Richard Hanna 271 Nan Hayworth 252 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 272 Ed Royce 253 Jeb Hensarling 273 Steven Palazzo 254 Pete Sessions 274 William Owens 255 Robert Aderholt 256 Jim Renacci 257 Bruce Braley 258 Silvestre Reyes 259 Joe Pitts 260 Lloyd Doggett *sourced site is a government property making this information public domain
And who were in the small minority (1/3 of House members) that voted no?
Ackerman
Andrews
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gonzalez
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Himes
Hinchey
Holt
Hoyer
Israel
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kind
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lowey
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
Meeks
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pelosi
Peters
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schwartz
Serrano
Sewell
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Turner (NY)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Waxman
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
