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The 59 Representatives Who Flipped on the Bailout

The following is a list of representatives who switched their votes in favor of Congress’s Wall Street bailout package after voting “no” on a previous version of the bill Monday.

Party leaders pushed hard all week for passage of the bill, which, if signed by President Bush, will grant the Treasury Department authority to spend up to $700 billion in increments on the purchase of toxic, mortgage-based assets from failing U.S. financial firms. An earlier version failed in the House 205-228 Monday; today’s version, which was passed by the Senate with added provisions earlier this week, passed by a margin of 263-171, as leaders won an additional 58 votes total from their caucuses.

Here is a list of the 58 members who switched to “yes” (and the one who switched to “no”), as compiled by The Hill.

58 members who switched their votes from “no” to “yes”:

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.)
Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
Rep Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.)
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.)
Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.)
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)
Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.)
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas)
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.)
Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.)
Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-N.Y.)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.)
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.)
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)
Rep. Ed Pastor (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)
Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.)
Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.)
Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.)
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)
Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
Rep. William Thornberry (R-Texas)
Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio)
Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.)
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.)
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky)

One member who switched from “yes” to “no”:

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash)

Did not vote Monday, but voted “yes” Friday:

Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.)

Note: The Hill originally missed two members, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Diane Watson (D-Calif.), who have subsequently been added since the list was first posted this afternoon.

List compiled by Aaron Blake.