What was the full House roll-call breakdown on the Epstein measure beyond the 217 GOP votes?

1. What the headline numbers mean — nearly unanimous, not strictly unanimous

Reporting across Roll Call, NPR, The Guardian and others says the House passed the measure by a near-unanimous margin (427–1), with Clay Higgins as the sole recorded dissenting vote ^{[5] [3] [2]}. Those outlets treat 427–1 as the full roll-call margin; they do not present a breakdown that isolates how many Democrats versus Republicans voted yea or who specifically among the 217 earlier GOP discharge-petition signers ultimately voted the same way ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Why the “217 GOP votes” figure appears in reporting

Before the floor vote, the discharge petition that forced consideration had collected 217 signatures — a procedural threshold — which was a count of members signing to bring the bill forward, not a floor-vote tally ^[6]. That 217-count has sometimes been cited in context as evidence of GOP support for moving the measure, but it is distinct from the final 427–1 roll call ^[6].

3. Who the prominent GOP defectors and backers were, per coverage

Coverage highlights several Republicans who were public backers or defectors in the fight over the files: Rep. Thomas Massie is repeatedly credited with leading the discharge effort, and Marjorie Taylor Greene and others publicly broke with leadership to back the measure ^{[6] [3] [4]}. Reporting also notes that Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP leaders initially opposed or delayed the effort but ultimately voted for the bill on the floor ^{[7] [4]}.

4. The political context that changed votes before the roll call

Multiple outlets say President Trump shifted from opposition to urging Republicans to support release, a move that preceded the floor vote; that change came as it became clear the measure would pass and after pressure from survivors and rank-and-file members ^{[8] [3] [4]}. Roll Call and Reuters note leadership’s earlier resistance and the procedural mechanics (discharge petition) that forced the vote ^{[6] [9]}.

5. Limits of available reporting on the full individual roll-call breakdown

Available sources uniformly report the aggregate 427–1 result and name the lone no (Clay Higgins) and several prominent supporters, but they do not publish a complete, named roll-call list split by party in the texts provided here ^{[1] [2] [10]}. If you are seeking a full, member-by-member roll-call table (e.g., all 213 Democrats and 214 Republicans yea/nay details), those specific line-item roll-call entries are not printed in the articles supplied ^{[1] [2]}.

6. Why a full roll-call list matters — transparency and follow-through

Journalistic coverage underscores that knowing exactly who crossed party lines matters politically: it shows which members defied leadership or the president and identifies the coalition that produced a near-unanimous vote ^{[3] [4]}. Reporters also flag that passage in the House is only one step — the bill must clear the Senate and the Justice Department must comply — so the names on the House roll call matter for credit, accountability, and constituent pressure ^{[1] [3]}.

7. How to obtain the exhaustive member-by-member roll call (next steps)

The stories point to the official congressional record for precise roll-call details; the articles themselves do not reproduce a complete vote roster ^{[1] [2]}. For a full member-by-member roll call you should consult the House Clerk’s vote list (not in the supplied excerpts) or the complete Roll Call / Congressional Record entry cited by those outlets ^{[11] [6]}.

Limitations: This analysis uses only the supplied reporting excerpts. Those pieces consistently state the final 427–1 margin and name the lone no vote, but they do not include a full roll-call table listing every member’s vote; that detailed list is "not found in current reporting" among the sources provided here ^{[1] [2] [10]}.