What was the exact House roll-call (Vote #367) breakdown by party and region for H.R. 5005, and who were the principal House opponents?
Executive summary
The record shows Roll Call Vote 367 was on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act, and the measure passed in the House on July 26, 2002 [1]. The publicly maintained roll‑call databases at the Clerk of the House and the Library of Congress hold the full recorded vote and member‑by‑member listings [2] [3], but the supplied reporting snippets do not include the exact party‑and‑region tabulation or the list of principal House opponents, so this analysis explains what can be verified from those sources and what remains to be retrieved from the primary roll‑call entry.
1. What the official record available in the sources verifies
The Clerk of the House identifies Vote #367 as the recorded passage vote for H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act, with the entry dated July 26, 2002 and labeled “On Passage” [1]; the Clerk’s votes portal is the canonical repository for the House electronic voting record [2], and Congress.gov provides parallel roll‑call pages that summarize and link to member‑level outcomes [3]. These sources together constitute the authoritative documentary trail for who voted yea, nay, or present/recorded‑no‑vote on that specific bill, but the short search result snippets provided here do not include the numeric breakdown by party or by geographic region.
2. What the supplied reporting does not show (and why that matters)
None of the supplied snippets list the vote totals by Democratic and Republican caucuses or offer a regional (e.g., Northeast, South, Midwest, West) aggregation of yeas and nays, nor do they enumerate the principal House opponents by name or caucus in the clips available to this query [1] [2] [3]. Because roll‑call nuance—who crossed party lines, which states’ delegations were split, and which members led organized opposition—is contained in the full member‑by‑member roll call, asserting an exact party/region breakdown or naming principal opponents without consulting that detailed record would be reporting beyond the supplied evidence. The Clerk and Congress.gov pages cited are the places to retrieve the necessary member‑level detail [1] [3].
3. How to obtain the exact breakdown and principal opponents from authoritative records
To produce the exact party and regional totals and identify the leading opponents, consult the Clerk’s Vote #367 page which contains the full roll‑call listing [1]; that listing can be parsed to count Yeas and Nays by party affiliation and then grouped by members’ state or congressional region using the House member roster. Congress.gov’s roll‑call entry will provide the same member‑level data and often includes contextual history and links to the bill text [3]. The Clerk’s broader Votes portal also explains retrieval tools and contact info for query assistance if needed [2].
4. Context and competing narratives about the vote that must be considered
Reporting at the time and subsequent accounts framed H.R. 5005 as a major post‑9/11 institutional restructuring and emphasized both bipartisan support for creating the Department of Homeland Security and concerns from civil liberties and state‑rights advocates; those narrative frames affect which names are highlighted as “principal opponents.” The primary sources cited here (Clerk and Congress.gov) do not editorialize— they only supply the votes—so identifying principal opponents requires careful separation of tactical dissenters (members who voted No) from political leaders who organized opposition in debate or amendments, a distinction visible only in the full roll‑call and the Congressional Record beyond the snippets provided [1] [3].
5. Bottom line and next step for a definitive answer
The official, member‑level roll call for Vote #367 on H.R. 5005 is publicly archived and is the only authoritative route to the precise party and regional breakdown and to an accurate list of the principal House opponents [1] [3]. The supplied reporting confirms the vote’s identity and passage but does not include the numeric or name‑by‑name data requested, so retrieving the full Clerk or Congress.gov roll‑call page is the necessary next step to produce the exact breakdown and opponent roster [1] [2] [3].