On Motion to Adjourn

On May 7, 2008, the House voted 132–269 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 2–215, Republicans 130–54. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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: 132
No: 269
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 7, 2008

By party

Republicans130 yes · 54 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 215 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
John L. Mica R-FL voted no
Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Tom Feeney R-FL voted no
Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
Phil Gingrey R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
William Sali R-ID voted no
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
Mike Pence R-IN voted no
Jerry Moran R-KS voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted no
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY voted no
Charles W. Boustany R-LA 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
Kenny Hulshof R-MO 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
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Greg Walden R-OR voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA 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
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX voted no
Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
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
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Betty Mccollum D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
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
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
John Peterson R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Motion to Adjourn: House Vote, May 7, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1442/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-15).