A resolution raising a question of the privileges of the House.

On Nov 6, 2007, the House voted 218–194 on “On ordering the previous question” (HRES 799). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 215–5, Republicans 3–189. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 members voted against their own party.

During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 218
No: 194
Did not vote: 41
Date: Nov 6, 2007

By party

Republicans3 yes · 189 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats215 yes · 5 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Diane Edith Watson D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Trent Franks R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bill Foster D-IL
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Sam Johnson R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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