On Approving the Journal

On Sep 22, 2005, the House voted 346–59 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 200–17, Democrats 145–42, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 346
No: 59
Did not vote: 34
Date: Sep 22, 2005

By party

Republicans200 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats145 yes · 42 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Xavier Becerra D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Lane Allen Evans D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern 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
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad 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
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
John E. Sweeney R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi 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
Don Sherwood R-PA voted no
John S. Tanner D-TN voted no
Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT 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
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV 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
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. 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
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
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
Darrell Issa R-CA
Randall (Duke) Cunningham 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
John B. Larson D-CT
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
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
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
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Phil Gingrey 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
Steve King R-IA
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-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
Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
Jim Ryun R-KS
Dennis Moore D-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
Bobby Jindal R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Edward John Markey 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
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
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
John Kline R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Mark Kennedy R-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
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
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-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
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
James A. Gibbons R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens 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
Sue W. Kelly R-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-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
Jean Schmidt 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
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-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
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
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski 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
Todd Platts R-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
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
James Enos Clyburn 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
Sam Johnson R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson 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
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte 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
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-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
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, Sep 22, 2005,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-486/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).