On Approving the Journal

On Feb 26, 2008, the House voted 226–183 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 205–15, Republicans 21–168. 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: Passed
Yes: 226
No: 183
Did not vote: 43
Date: Feb 26, 2008

By party

Republicans21 yes · 168 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats205 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA voted yes
Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
Tim Mahoney D-FL voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted yes
Michael R. Turner R-OH voted yes
John Sullivan R-OK voted yes
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted yes
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted yes
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted no
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney 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
Jim Costa D-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-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
Yvette Diane Clarke 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 Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
William (Bill) Shuster 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
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Al Green D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Robert C. Scott D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
John Dennis Hastert 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
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Samuel Graves R-MO
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Feb 26, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1248/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).