On Approving the Journal

On Apr 28, 2005, the House voted 345–75 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 201–23, Democrats 143–52, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 75 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 345
No: 75
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 28, 2005

By party

Republicans201 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats143 yes · 52 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Darrell Issa R-CA voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
John B. Larson D-CT voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Dennis Moore D-KS voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN 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
Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted no
James A. Gibbons R-NV voted no
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted no
Joseph Crowley D-NY voted no
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY voted no
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
Sue W. Kelly R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
David Wu D-OR voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Melissa A. Hart R-PA voted no
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted no
Todd Platts R-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Robert C. Scott D-VA voted no
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted no
Brian Baird D-WA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
Ron Kind D-WI voted no
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI 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
Victor F. Snyder 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
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-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
Brad Sherman D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez 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
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Bob Beauprez R-CO
Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown 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
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Mark A. Foley R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 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
Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-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
Steve King R-IA
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
John Dennis Hastert 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
Chris Chocola R-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Jim Ryun R-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Barney Frank D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Kline R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry 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
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
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
John E. Sweeney R-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-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
David Lee Hobson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Robert William Ney R-OH
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Don Sherwood R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-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
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar 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
Thelma D. Drake 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
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-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

Voted present

Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Apr 28, 2005,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-147/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).