On Approving the Journal

On Feb 27, 2008, the House voted 217–185 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 205–15, Republicans 12–170. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 27 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: 217
No: 185
Did not vote: 50
Date: Feb 27, 2008

By party

Republicans12 yes · 170 no · 24 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
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Tim Walberg R-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted yes
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
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
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA 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
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
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette 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
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Robert Wexler 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
Jim Marshall D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez 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
John Yarmuth 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
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
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Tim Walberg R-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
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
David Eugene Price D-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-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
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
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
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-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
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Louie Gohmert R-TX

Did not vote

Robert Aderholt R-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
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
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bruce Braley D-IA
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
Barney Frank D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Brad Miller D-NC
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Feb 27, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1255/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).