On Agreeing to the Amendment

On Feb 7, 2008, the House voted 218–190 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 4137). Result: Agreed to. By party: Democrats 197–24, Republicans 25–167. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: Agreed to
Yes: 218
No: 190
Did not vote: 40
Date: Feb 7, 2008

By party

Republicans25 yes · 167 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats197 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted no
Tim Mahoney D-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
Bruce Braley D-IA voted no
Dave Loebsack D-IA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted no
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
Nancy Boyda D-KS voted no
John Yarmuth D-KY voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted yes
Samuel Graves R-MO voted yes
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC voted no
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
David Eugene Price D-NC voted no
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted yes
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted no
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted yes
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Stephen Cohen D-TN voted no
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

The bill

H.R. 4137: Higher Education Opportunity Act

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
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
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
William Sali R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Peter Roskam R-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
John Kline R-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
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
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Dean Heller R-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Mary Fallin R-OK
Greg Walden R-OR
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David Davis R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-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
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
Robert J. Wittman 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
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Did not vote

Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Bill Foster D-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
John S. Tanner D-TN
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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