On Motion to Adjourn

On Nov 6, 2007, the House voted 158–248 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 3–215, Republicans 155–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: Failed
Yes: 158
No: 248
Did not vote: 47
Date: Nov 6, 2007

By party

Republicans155 yes · 33 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 215 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL voted no
John Boozman R-AR voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
Brad Miller D-NC voted yes
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY voted no
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
David Wu D-OR voted yes
Greg Walden R-OR voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted no
Todd Platts R-PA voted no
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no
David G. Reichert R-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Maxine Waters 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
Ray H. Lahood R-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
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Ronald Ernest Paul 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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Capitol Receipts, “On Motion to Adjourn: House Vote, Nov 6, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1042/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).