On Approving the Journal

On Jun 8, 2004, the House voted 318–29 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 188–8, Democrats 130–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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: 318
No: 29
Did not vote: 93
Date: Jun 8, 2004

By party

Republicans188 yes · 8 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats130 yes · 21 no · 57 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Mark Kennedy R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH voted no
David Wu D-OR voted no
Melissa A. Hart R-PA voted no
Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Doug Ose R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Scott Mcinnis R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Denise L. Majette D-GA
Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
Max Burns R-GA
Ed Case D-HI
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Karen Mccarthy D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
Thomas Osborne R-NE
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Peter T. King R-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Robert William Ney R-OH
Brad Carson D-OK
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
William J. Janklow R-SD
Jim Turner D-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
James P. Moran D-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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