On Motion to Adjourn

On May 6, 2008, the House voted 138–248 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 4–204, Republicans 134–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 138
No: 248
Did not vote: 67
Date: May 6, 2008

By party

Republicans134 yes · 44 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 204 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
David Scott D-GA voted yes
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
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
Tim Walberg R-MI voted no
Mike Rogers R-MI voted no
Candice S. Miller R-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted no
Jon C. Porter R-NV voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
John Sullivan R-OK voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted no
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted no
Todd Platts R-PA voted no
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC voted no
Joe Wilson R-SC voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bruce Braley D-IA
William Sali R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
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
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
John Peterson R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Lincoln Davis D-TN
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-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-1436/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).