On January 7th, 2021, the Vermont House of Representatives approved a joint resolution with tri-partisan and independent support, condemning the attack on the U.S. Capitol one day before and calling for the resignation or removal of President Donald Trump for his role in instigating the violence that resulted in the death of 5 people.
No roll call was taken on the vote, but according to the electronic “voice vote” tally, 130 representatives voted in favor of the resolution, 16 voted against, and 4 members did not vote. Prior to the vote, 121 representatives had cosponsored the resolution, indicating that they also voted for it. Due to the way the vote was conducted, the identities and positions of the remaining 29 representatives was not clear.
In an effort to provide our members and the public with the best possible information about how each legislator voted on the measure, VPIRG staff reached out to the 29 representatives who did not cosponsor the bill, asking each of them how they voted. Thirteen responded to us, and of those, six voted Yes and seven voted No. One additional representative voted in such a way that he could be identified as voting against the measure.
We also listened to a discussion of the resolution in the House Republican caucus before the vote. A number of representatives raised concerns and objections to the resolution while others spoke in favor. Based on their comments in caucus, we characterized the position of some legislators as “Likely No”. Again, though we attempted to verify their positions, not all representatives responded to us.
For legislators who did not cosponsor the resolution you may find more information on their position by clicking the Written Statement link to the right of their name, if they sent us an explanation. Or, if they spoke out in the Republican caucus, you can use the hyperlink directly to their comments.
In total, we believe we’ve identified 129 of the 130 representatives who voted for the resolution and at least 10 of the 16 who voted against it (while identifying an additional 3 more who raised concerns or objections to it in caucus).
VPIRG’s position is strongly in favor of the resolution, but we appreciate the responses provided by all legislators. Transparency on matters like this is critically important.
A note about the Senate’s vote on this resolution: 29 of the 30 senators voted in favor of the resolution. The one senator to vote against it was newly elected Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex-Orleans.
Below we provide the information we have on the representatives’ positions on J.R.H. 1:
| Representive | District | Party | Standing | Statement on Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative Sally Achey | Rutland-Benningon | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Janet Ancel | Washington-6 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Peter Anthony | Washington-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John Arrison | Windsor-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Sarah "Sarita" Austin | Chittenden-9-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John L. Bartholomew | Windsor-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Lynn Batchelor | Orleans-1 | Republican | NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (23:13-23:45) |
| Representative Scott Beck | Caledonia-3 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Matthew Birong Jr. | Addison-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Alyssa Black | Chittenden-8-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Tiffany Bluemle | Chittenden-6-5 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Thomas Bock | Windsor-3-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Seth Bongartz | Bennington-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michelle Bos-Lun | Windham-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Erin Brady | Chittenden-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Patrick Brennan | Chittenden-9-2 | Republican | LIKELY NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (15:32-17:43) |
| Representative Timothy Briglin | Windsor-Orange-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Jana Brown | Chittenden-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Nelson Brownell | Bennington-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Jessica Brumsted | Chittenden-5-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Thomas Burditt | Rutland-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Mollie S. Burke | Windham-2-2 | Progressive | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Elizabeth Burrows | Windsor-1 | Democrat/Progressive | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative R. Scott Campbell | Caledonia-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Willaim Canfield | Rutland-3 | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Seth Chase | Chittenden-9-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kevin "Coach" Christie | Windsor-4-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Brian Cina | Chittenden-6-4 | Progressive/Democrat | SPONSOR | |
| Representative Sara Coffey | Windham-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Selene Colburn | Chittenden-6-4 | Progressive | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Harold "Hal" Colston | Chittenden-6-7 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Peter Conlon | Addison-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Sarah Copeland Hanzas | Orange-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Timothy R. Corcoran II | Bennington-2-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Mari Cordes | Addison-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Lawrence Cupoli | Rutland-5-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Eileen Dickinson | Franklin-3-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Karen Dolan | Chittenden-8-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Anne B. Donahue | Washington-1 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kate Donnally | Lamoille-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative David Durfee | Bennington-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Caleb Elder | Addison-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Alice M. Emmons | Windsor-3-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Peter J. Fagan | Rutland-5-1 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Martha Feltus | Caledonia-4 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John Gannon | Windham-6 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Leslie Goldman | Windham-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kenneth Goslant | Washington-1 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Maxine Grad | Washington-7 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Rodney Graham | Orange-1 | Republican | LIKELY NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (27:18-27:53) |
| Representative James Gregoire | Franklin-6 | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Lisa Hango | Frankling-5 | Republican | NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (6:09-6:53), Written Statement |
| Representative James Harrison | Rutland-Windsor-1 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Robert Helm | Rutland-3 | Republican | NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (4:46-5:30) |
| Representative Mark Higley | Orleans-Lamoille | Republican | NO | Written Statement |
| Representative Mary S. Hooper | Washington-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Philip Jay Hooper | Orange-Washington-Addison | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Robert Hooper | Chittenden-6-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Lori Houghton | Chittenden-8-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Mary E. Howard | Rutland-5-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kathleen James | Bennington-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Stephanie Jerome | Rutland-6 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kimberly Jessup | Washington-5 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Katherine "Kari" Dolan | Washington-7 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John Killacky | Chittenden-7-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Charles Kimbell | Windsor-5 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Warren F. Kitzmiller | Washington-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Emilie Kornheiser | Windham-2-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Jill Krowinski | Chittenden-6-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Robert LaClair | Washington-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Martin LaLonde | Chittenden-7-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Diane Lanpher | Addison-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Paul Lefebvre | Essex-Caledonia-Orleans | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Samantha Lefebvre | Orange-1 | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Felisha Leffler | Franklin-7 | Republican | COSPONSOR | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (3:24-4:43) |
| Representative William J. Lippert Jr. | Chittenden-4-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Emily Long | Windham-5 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michael Marcotte | Orleans-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Marcia Martel | Caledonia-1 | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Paul Martin | Franklin-5 | Republican | YES | Written Statement |
| Representative James Masland | Windsor-Orange-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Christopher Mattos | Chittenden-10 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michael McCarthy | Franklin-3-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Curt McCormack | Chittenden-6-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Patricia McCoy | Rutland-1 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative James McCullough | Chittenden-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Francis McFaun | Washington-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Leland Morgan | Grand Isle-Chittenden | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Micheal Morgan | Grand Isle-Chittenden | Republican | NO | |
| Representative Kristi Morris | D-Windsor-3-2 | Democrat | NO | Written Statement |
| Representative Mary A. Morrissey | Bennington-2-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michael Mrowicki | Windham-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Emma Mulvaney-Stanak | Chittenden-6-2 | Progressive/Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Barbara Murphy | Franklin-2 | Independent | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Logan Nicoll | Rutland-Windsor-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michael Nigro | Bennington-2-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Robert Norris | R-Franklin-4 | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Terry Norris | I-Addison-Rutland | Independent | NO | |
| Representative William Notte | Rutland-5-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Daniel Noyes | Lamoille-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John O'Brien | Windsor-Orange-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Carol Ode | Chittenden-6-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Woodman Page | Orleans-2 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kelly Pajala | Windham-Bennington-Windsor | Independent | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative John Palasik | R-Chittenden-10 | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Jospeh Parsons | R-Orange-Caledonia | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Carolyn W. Partridge | Windham-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Avram Patt | Lamoille-Washington | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Henry Pearl | Caledonia-Washington | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Arthur Peterson | R-Rutland-2 | Republican | NO | |
| Representative Ann Pugh | Chittenden-7-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Barbara Rachelson | Chittenden-6-6 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Marybeth Redmond | Chittenden-8-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Lucy Rogers | Lamoille-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Carl Rosenquist | R-Franklin-1 | Republican | LIKELY NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (18:34-1905) |
| Representative Larry Satcowitz | Orange-Washington-Addison | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Brian K. Savage | R-Franklin-4 | Republican | UNKNOWN | |
| Representative Robin Scheu | Addison-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Heidi E. Scheuermann | Lamoille-1 | Republican | SPONSOR | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (1:10-3:14) |
| Representative Patrick Seymour | Caledonia-4 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Charles "Butch" Shaw | Rutland-6 | Republican | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Amy Sheldon | Addison-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Laura Sibilia | Windham-Bennington | Independent | SPONSOR | |
| Representative Katherine Sims | Orleans-Caledonia | Democrat | SPONSOR | |
| Representative Taylor Small | Chittenden-6-7 | Progressive/Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Brian Smith | R-Orleans-1 | Republican | NO | Jan 7th Republican Caucus (19:10-19:54) |
| Representative Harvey Smith | R-Addison-5 | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Trevor Squirrell | Chittenden-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Gabrielle Stebbins | Chittenden-6-5 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Thomas Stevens | Washington-Chittenden | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Vicki Strong | R-Orleans-Caledonia | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Linda Joy Sullivan | Bennington-Rutland | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Heather Surprenant | Windsor-4-1 | Progressive/Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Curt Taylor | Chittenden-9-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Thomas Terenzini | R-Rutland-4 | Republican | NO | |
| Representative George W. Till | Chittenden-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Tristan Toleno | Windham-2-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Casey Toof | R-Franklin-3-1 | Republican | YES | |
| Representative Maida Townsend | Chittenden-7-4 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Joseph "Chip" Troiano | Caledonia-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Tanya Vyhovsky | Chittenden-8-1 | Progressive/Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Tommy Walz | Washington-3 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kathryn Webb | Chittenden-5-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Kirk White | Windsor-Rutland | Democrat/Progressive | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Rebecca White | Windsor-4-2 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Dane Whitman | Bennington-2-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Terri Lynn Williams | R-Essex-Caledonia | Republican | NO | Written Statement |
| Representative Theresa Wood | Washington-Chittenden | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative David Yacovone | Lamoille-Washington | Democrat | COSPONSOR | |
| Representative Michael Yantachka | Chittenden-4-1 | Democrat | COSPONSOR |