On Motion to Adjourn

On May 6, 2008, the House voted 145–271 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 2–223, Republicans 143–48. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 145
No: 271
Did not vote: 37
Date: May 6, 2008

By party

Republicans143 yes · 48 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 223 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Rick Renzi R-AZ voted no
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Tom Feeney R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
William Sali R-ID voted no
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Tim Walberg R-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted yes
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Vito John Fossella 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
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted no
Mary Fallin R-OK voted no
John Peterson R-PA voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted no
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted no
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted no
Todd Platts R-PA voted no
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Robert J. Wittman R-VA voted no
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted no
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
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
John Campbell R-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Travis W. Childers D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Motion to Adjourn: House Vote, May 6, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1430/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).