House roll call 89 · 108th Congress · Mar 27, 2003
Recognizing the public need for fasting and prayer in order to secure the blessings and protection of Providence for the people of the United States and our Arm
On Mar 27, 2003, the House voted 346–49 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree” (HRES 153). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 221–0, Democrats 125–48, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 members voted against their own party.
During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 346
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 27, 2003
By party
- Republicans221 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats125 yes · 48 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- Sam Farr D-CA voted no
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted no
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA voted no
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
- Diana Degette D-CO voted no
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
- Denise L. Majette D-GA voted no
- John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
- John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
- Barney Frank D-MA voted no
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
- Bill Delahunt D-MA voted no
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted no
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI voted no
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
- Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC voted no
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted no
- Shelley Berkley D-NV voted no
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY voted no
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted no
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY voted no
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
- Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted no
- Brian Baird D-WA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
- Adam Smith D-WA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Max Burns R-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Chris Chocola R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- Jeb Bradley R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Brad Carson D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- James Langevin D-RI
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- William J. Janklow R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Chris Bell D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Edward Schrock R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Denise L. Majette D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
Voted present
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Ron Kind D-WI
Did not vote
- George Miller D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- David Ross Obey D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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