Which House Democrats voted YEA on H.R. 7006 and what, if any, press statements did each release explaining their vote?
Executive summary
A sizable cohort of House Democrats — reported as 153 members — voted YEA on H.R. 7006 when the House passed the measure 341–79 on January 14, 2026, but publicly available reporting in the provided sources does not contain a complete, sourced roll-call list of those 153 names for citation here [1] [2] [3]. Public statements tied to individual Democratic YEA votes are sparse in the sampled reporting: a few representatives’ offices issued post-vote commentary, some Democrats were named by outside commentators as having voted YEA, and numerous Democratic offices either framed their vote in broader terms or have not issued explanatory press releases in the excerpts provided [4] [5] [1] [6].
1. What the official record shows — the vote totals and where to get names
The House Clerk and congressional records confirm the final tally on H.R. 7006 was 341 yeas to 79 nays (Roll No. 28), and the bill’s actions are logged on Congress.gov as passed on January 14, 2026 [2] [3]. The Clerk’s roll-call pages and the official “Member Votes” view are the primary sources for the complete, name-by-name YEA list; the provided snippet references those pages but does not reproduce the full member list in text available here [7] [8].
2. How many Democrats voted YEA and who has been named in reporting
Independent reporting and advocacy compilations put the number of Democrats who voted YEA at 153 [1], and at least one named Democrat — Rep. Lauren Underwood — is explicitly identified by an outside commentator as having voted YEA [1]. Local news coverage drew attention to congressional Democrats in Alabama voting for the bill, reporting that some state Democrats cast YEA votes on H.R. 7006 [6]. GovTrack and other vote-tracking sites visually mark YEA votes on their maps for the roll call but the included snippets do not enumerate the full Democratic list for direct citation here [9].
3. What press statements, if any, explain Democratic YEA votes in these sources
Among the sampled documents, Rep. Seth Moulton’s office released a statement noting the House’s passage of H.R. 7006 and framing it in the context of who controls funding and concerns about the Trump administration — a post-vote commentary that criticizes funding the administration “as if Donald Trump were a normal president,” although the excerpt does not explicitly state Moulton’s individual yea/nay vote on the roll call in the provided snippet [4]. Republican Appropriations leadership issued a celebratory press release praising passage and urging Senate action, but that is a partisan endorsement rather than an explanation from any Democratic YEA member [5]. An advocacy compilation that tracked the vote and criticized Democrats’ support also named at least one Democratic YEA and urged political action, but this is third‑party commentary rather than a member-issued rationale [1]. Local coverage in Alabama documented that the state’s Democrats voted YEA but did not, in the excerpt, quote detailed member-level explanations [6].
4. Contrasts and absences in public messaging — what’s missing from the record here
Several Democratic offices that opposed the bill did issue explicit NO statements — for example, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon’s office published a clear statement that she voted NO and explained her reasoning — demonstrating that some members did provide post-vote explanations when opposing the bill [10]. By contrast, within the provided sources there is a notable absence of systematic, member-by-member press releases from Democrats who voted YEA explaining their rationale; the available documentation instead mixes third-party lists, selective office statements, and partisan releases without a single authoritative compilation of Democratic YEA statements [1] [5] [4].
5. How to get a definitive, attributed list and member statements
For an authoritative, name-by-name list of which House Democrats voted YEA, the Clerk of the House roll-call (Roll No. 28) and the House “Member Votes” view are the primary sources; those pages record each member’s vote and are cited here as the official repository though their full contents were not reproduced in the provided snippets [2] [7]. To locate individual press explanations, consult each member’s official congressional website or press-release page — available through Rep. offices’ news pages — because the provided dataset contains only select press releases and external compilations rather than a comprehensive set of member statements [4] [10].