On Motion to Adjourn

On Mar 11, 2008, the House voted 177–196 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 14–185, Republicans 163–11. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 25 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: 177
No: 196
Did not vote: 79
Date: Mar 11, 2008

By party

Republicans163 yes · 11 no · 32 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 185 no · 47 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted yes
Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
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
Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
David Wu D-OR voted yes
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
Todd Platts R-PA voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Stephen Cohen D-TN voted yes
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Timothy V. Johnson R-IL

Did not vote

Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
John R. Lewis D-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Ron Lewis R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Darlene Hooley D-OR
John Peterson R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Louie Gohmert R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Motion to Adjourn: House Vote, Mar 11, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1296/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).